title: Bibliometrics and social work: a two-edged sword can still be a blunt instrument.
abstract: In order to improve the productivity and impact of social work scholarship, the profession must look beyond bibliometrics to other issues that must be considered. These include the lag time between acceptance and publication of articles, the quality of peer review experienced by social work authors, and the overabundance of journals being published in social work.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, College of Health and Human Services, University Plaza, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303-3083, USA. ligon@gsu.edu
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ligon
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Thyer
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D002322:Career Mobility; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004526:Efficiency; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods; D005178:Faculty / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012947:Social Work / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*