Background/Purpose: Since 1992, peer-reviewed research on the Research Consortium's program has been published in an RQES Supplement. Previously Morrow and Morrow (1997) compiled a ranking of the top institutions (based on presentation frequency), and, 10 years later, Cardinal and Schultz (2007) identified top ranked institutions, presenters, and research categories. This study's purpose was to identify macro trends, top ranked institutions, and top ranked presenters between 1992-2011.
Method: For each of the 5,575 published abstracts, the following data were coded and stored in a database: presentation year, review category, author name, and author affiliation.
Analysis/Results: Presentation frequency varied by review category across the years with the following averages observed (trends denoted by +/-): Biomechanics/Sports Medicine (6.50-), Dance (5.05-), Exercise Physiology/Fitness (31.15-), Health (37.75-), Leisure/Recreation (5.90+), Measurement (14.80+), Motor Behavior (19.45-), Multidisciplinary (13.46+; 12 years only), Pedagogy (73.00+), Physical Activity Epidemiology (14; 1 year only); Psychology (20.35-), Sociocultural (19.10-), Special Populations (23.45), Sport Management/Administration (21.33+; 12 years only), Total (278.75+). On the basis of total number of abstracts, the top 10 institutions were: Texas A&M-College Station; Ohio State; Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Wayne State; Louisiana State; Indiana; Arizona State; Oregon State; South Carolina; and Alabama. The top 10 individual presenters were: Weimo Zhu, James Zhang, Melinda Solmon, Bradley Cardinal, Ping Xiang, Eddie Lam, Pamela Kulinna, Ron McBride, George Cunningham, and Michael Young.
Conclusions: These results should help inform the strategic planning efforts of AAHPERD and the Research Consortium. Institutions may also use this data as one indicator of institutional quality and individual faculty achievements in presenting peer-reviewed research.
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