title: The paradox of faculty publications in professional journals.
abstract: The author reviews the companion papers about bibliometrics prepared for this special issue of Health and Social Work and concludes that each makes a unique contribution to the growth of scholarship within the profession. However, a major practical limitation of the system advocated by the authors of these papers for faculty in schools of social work is also identified. Because only a limited number of social work faculty members produce the volume of articles required by the proposed system, the proposed system can be used currently by only a small number of schools and departments of social work.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Virginia Commenwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA. rggreen@ucu.edu
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D002322:Career Mobility; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004522:Educational Status; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods*; D005178:Faculty / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011361:Professional Competence; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations; D012947:Social Work / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*