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Family and Consumer Sciences Graduate Research Productivity in 2015
Author(s) -
Kabaci M. J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1111/fcsr.12188
Subject(s) - graduate research , family and consumer science , medical education , library science , graduate students , productivity , sustainability , political science , sociology , psychology , medicine , mathematics education , macroeconomics , ecology , biology , computer science , economics
Requests were sent to representatives of 147 universities and colleges with family and consumer science programs in April 2016 to collect the titles and authors of theses and dissertations completed in 2015. Representatives from 35 universities responded, reporting a total of 484 theses and dissertations. Of those, 310 were theses and 174 were dissertations. The greatest number of titles reported was in Nutrition and Dietetics for both theses and dissertations. An additional 444 master's students completed nonthesis options reported by 21 of the participating universities. The adviser's name (if provided by the school) is included with the entry for each graduate degree. Emerging topics for research included sustainability, sports nutrition, global studies, and parenting.