Ohio State's School of Communication #1 in Research Production and #3 Overall in Field

The National Research Council’s (NRC) doctoral program assessments are out, and the results place The Ohio State University's School of Communication among the best in the nation. Among the 83 doctoral communication programs reviewed, our faculty was ranked #1 in absolute research activity. A composite ranking, based on 20 different criteria, placed the school at #3 in the field, alongside other top-ranked programs including Stanford University's Department of Communication, the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Journalism & Mass Communication, and the Speech Communication program at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign (now the Department of Communication).

For more information, see: http://www.comm.ohio-state.edu/NRC.aspx

You can download the data here: http://goo.gl/z5ix

New tech lab space

As many of you know, two new tech-oriented research spaces are being created in the Journalism building. Planning started more than a year old, and I understand that the work is now underway and that the spaces may be available soon. In the meantime, I thought everyone would like to see the floor plans. (I got a copy after asking about the status of another room.)

CIOS ranks OSU #2 in technology research

The Communications Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS) has ranked the School of Communication second in the nation for research in the technology area. The ranking is based on publications included in the ComAbstracts database.

Clear here to see the full list of ranked research schools. More information about the ranking process is here.