title: African American Faculty in Social Work Schools: The Impact of Their Scholarship.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study assessed the citation impact of scholarship of African American faculty in the top 25 ranked schools of social work cited in the 2012 U.S. News and World Report.
  
  
  METHODS
  The citation impact scores (Hirsch h-index) of these scholars were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall mean h-index score for the top 25 ranked schools of social work and African American scholars was 6.62 and 12.14, respectively. The individual h-index for almost 80% of these scholars exceeded their respective school mean h-index scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While the literature revealed long-standing systemic and structural barriers to research productivity for African American scholars overall, these faculty somehow found ways to circumvent these challenges. Future research calls for a more comprehensive exploration into the character and impact of scholarship produced by African American faculty to further expand the knowledge base about elements of research cultures in social work.
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work , University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Huggins-Hoyt
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work , University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Holosko
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work , University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Harold E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Briggs
authors.affiliation: b Carl Vinson Institute of Government , University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Barner
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Citation analysis; citation metrics; quantitative; research productivity; scholarship impact; social work research