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Objective: To quantitatively determine scholarly activity among U.S. Departments of Pharmacy Practice tenure-track faculty (DPP-TT) over a 10-year timeframe.Methods: A search of PubMed was performed of DPP-TT faculty from 01/01/10-12/31/19. DPP-TT faculty housed in DPP were determined through online published faculty rosters in American Association Colleges of Pharmacy rosters or college/school internet site. DPP-TT faculty listed as DPP, clinical pharmacy, or pharmacotherapy were included. An objective third party confirmed data obtained. Each publication was classified by scope (e.g., clinical pharmacology, health economics/outcome research, biomedical informatics, basic science, review, editorial/letter, or case report). DPP-TT faculty productivity was calculated by dataset frequency distribution. Descriptive statistics and analysis of variance were used to compare data across demographic strata.Results: One hundred and thirty-seven institutions employed 2147 pharmacy practice faculty that produced 20059 (9.3±16.3/10 years/faculty member) publications. Six institutions have no tenure track designation. There was a 2.5-fold increase in publication rate from 2010-2019 (p<0001). Public versus private schools' productivity was 220.5 vs. 73.4 publications/institution, respectively (p<001). Female-to-male ratio of DPP-TT/institution was 62 to 38% with males publishing 12.1±19.1 vs females 7.4±13.8 (p<0001). Faculty ranks were distributed as 37% Assistant; 36% Associate; and 26% Professor with 4.0±7.3, 8.6±12.4, and 17.4±24.6 publications/faculty, respectively. Regionally, the West region produced the most publications followed by Northeast, South, and Midwest (p<0001).Conclusions: These national DPP-TT publication data demonstrate that scholarly productivity increasing over the time with a wide variety of publication scopes.