title: The Character of Published Scholarship by Top Ranked African American Faculty in U.S. Social Work Programs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article examines the publication productivity of the (N = 14) top-ranked U.S. Black/African American scholars in the U.S. News and World Report Schools of Social Work, as identified by Huggins-Hoyt, Holosko, Briggs, and Barner (2015).
  
  
  METHODS
  Publication information for each participant were taken from the Publish or Perish software site with an "author impact" search criteria that examined their lifetime publication history.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results suggested that these authors: (a) published collaboratively, (b) published highly on issues pertaining to Black/African American inequality, and (c) published in journals with both high-impact scores and high-impact readership.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Despite the low numbers of Black/African American scholars serving as full professors in U.S. colleges and universities, the techniques they used to circumvent systematic and structural academic barriers provide helpful tips that younger Black/African American scholars could employ when writing and publishing their research findings. However, additional research is needed to further unearth differences, and/or expectations, based on numerous variables, which includes but not limited to: (a) academic rank, (b) funded research,
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work , University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Junior Lloyd
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012693:Serial Publications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: African American Scholarship; h-index; publication performance