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Research is just one part of an academic physician's activities, which also include teaching, patient care, and administration. Research productivity, however, is still expected for academic advancement and to enhance family medicine as an academic discipline. The five units of Laval University's Department of Family Medicine were surveyed to determine the effect of family physicians trained in research on the number and type of publications produced by all of their teachers between 1982 and 1987. A total of 55 articles were published. Forty-eight per cent of the teachers had participated in the generation of at least one publication during the study period. The presence of family physicians trained in research proved to be the most significant factor influencing the number and type of articles published in each unit.