Do my publications help my department/university? I am currently a mathematics lecturer at a state university in the US. I still do research and put a lot of effort into publications, although it is not required for my position. My question is: Will my publications (in good journals) be seen as a positive by the math department and/or university overall? Do they gain any benefits from my research? Is there some baseline for number of publications that they need to meet for funding, etc?
(Although OP is in the US, the question doesn't have a &quot;united-states&quot; tag, so...)
In England and Wales, there's a pot of government money called &quot;QR funding&quot;, which is allocated to universities in proportion to the quality and quantity of their faculty members' research publications, as measured in an episodic exercise called &quot;REF&quot;.