Level of research productivity of academic staff in private universities in South-West, Nigeria

Research productivity in any university is the totality of research performed by academic staff members within a given period of time. The quality of teaching, research and community service of lecturers coupled with their publication in any university system depend on the quality of the electronic database they use. Literature attributed low level of research productivity of academic staff to the poor state of accessibility and utilisation of electronic information resources. This study therefore, investigatedlevel of research productivity of academic staff in private universities in South-west, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design approach was adopted. A total of 935 academic staff in the 21 private universities were sampled. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 30% academic staff across the ranks in 21 private universities. The anaylysis showed low level of publication output among the academic staff. The weighted average of 2.02 shows a clear indication that the academic staff has a moderately low level of research productivityin private universities in South-west, Nigeria.