Failure to do so can adversely affect performance in all areas. Faculty members should seek extramural funds for teaching development and those that are successful should be rewarded appropriately. Although scholarly productivity is usually equated with conducting research and reporting results in peer-reviewed journals, it may also take other forms. These forms may include the publication of books and the production of scholarly works of a form and type determined by the department or discipline. One example is the development of computer software.
Quantity is of importance only as a general indicator of regular activity.
Of more significance is the quality of the contribution to the new knowledge in the field. The department must determine the relative weight given to various types and forms of scholarly activity. The guidelines for the minimum number of refereed works normally expected for promotion are, at the very minimum, six for Associate Professor and, at the very minimum, twelve for Full Professor. The candidate seeking to obtain tenure and promotion to Associate Professor should have at least one sole authored paper and candidates for Promotion to Full Professor should have at least two sole authored publications for review. For Promotion to each rank, the expectation is that some of these publications will be in that group of journals considered to be at the top of a particular field or area.