The paradox of faculty publications in professional journals.
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.
Green
Robert G
RG
School of Social Work, Virginia Commenwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA. rggreen@ucu.edu
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*