2009 IEEE NPSS Member Survey

Process• Survey conducted on SurveyMonkey.com

– 2 months at $19.95 + $3.80 in response charges• Email addresses

– 3183 email addresses of active members– 7 bad– 35 previously opted out– 68 bounced

• Announcement email from Craig on 6/10• Survey period: 6/10-7/10• 3 Reminder Emails (6/18, 6/25, 7/6)• Response

– 26 opted out– 1335 responded– 1269 full responses (answered all questions)

Survey

• 44 Questions• 8 Sections

– Field of Interest (2)– Society/Professional Activities (10)– Transactions on Nuclear Science (8)– Transactions on Plasma Science (10)– Newsletter (10)– Demographics (4)

Results: Field of Interest• Unweighted: In which Technical Areas do you have a significant interest? You may select

multiple areas of interest.• Weighted: For each technical field which you selected as being an area of interest in

Question 1, please provide a relative rating of your level of interest with 10 being high and 0 being no interest. The sum should equal 10 points. (sum=10 enforced post facto)

Results: Societies

• 77% are not involved in voluteer activities• 235 provided some information related to volunteering• 17% involved in section or chapter activities• 59% belong to non-IEEE socieities

– APS (275), SNM(87), SPIE(60), AAPM(55), ANS(40), AAAS(35), Sigma Xi (30), MRS (28), AIAA (26), IOP (21)

• 17% do not want to receive email from NPSS• 15% do not want to receive email from technical committee

Results: Website

91 comments related to improving NPSS website61 comments related to improving technical committee website

Results: TNS

• 76% read, review or contribute articles to TNS• 88% feel needs for technical information are

being met• 72% would like to see more application-

oriented papers• 79% would like to see more review papers• 127 comments related to improving TNS

Results: TNS

• Quality: 78% say high (59%) or very high (19%)• Speed: 70% say fast (26%) or moderate (44%)• Comparison to other journals:

– Most have no opinion– Physics/engineering: Better or same– Medical/Imaging: Same or worse

Results: TPS

• 40% read, review or contribute articles to TPS• 88% say needs are being met• 67% would like more application-oriented

papers• 82% would like more review papers• 49 made comments for improving TPS

Results: TPS

• Quality: Very High (17%), High (55%), Medium (21%)

• Speed: Fast (28%), Medium (43%)• 179 provided information about other

journals they read• 152 provided comparisons with these journals

Results: Newsletter

• 71% read newsletter• 258 provided information about what they like best• 113 provided information about what they like least• Meets needs for information about NPSS activities and

opportunities: 85%• 61% would like more information about conferences• 75% would like more overview articles• 62% do not want more articles about member activities• Quality: High (51%) or Medium (40%)

Results: Conferences

NSS/MIC: 47%

NSREC: 23%

ICOPS: 19%PPC: 12%

PAC: 7%

RTC: 3.5%

SOFE: 2.8%

Results: Conferences

NSS/MIC: 30%

NSREC: 30%

ICOPS: 24%

PPC: 18%

PAC: 15%

RTC: 9%

SOFE: 11%

Results: Employment

Results: Location

US: 64%, Europe: 24%, Asia: 7%