The University of Texas at Austin was ranked third in the nation for special education articles published by faculty researchers from 2005 to 2009. According to ScienceWatch, UT researchers—primarily faculty members of the Department of Special Education, including MCPER Executive Director Sharon Vaughn and several other MCPER researchers and board members—contributed 95 papers to Thomson Reuters-indexed special education journals, or 2.25% of all papers published in those journals during that time period.
