Based on the frequency of citations in the "Social Sciences Citation Index," characteristics of 24 prominent articles published between 1976 and 1985 in the field of mental retardation were compared with randomly selected articles on such characteristics as authors, journals, funding source, research design, institutional affiliation, and content…

Identifies frequently cited journal articles on children's emotional/behavioral disorders. Describes characteristics (e.g., funding source, research design, statistical method) of frequently cited articles and compares them to randomly selected articles. Discusses implications. (Author/ABL)

The study identified the 25 most frequently cited articles on gifted education from 500 published between 1972 and 1988. Comparison of these articles with those not frequently cited found few differences. In comparison to other psychological/educational disciplines, gifted articles were cited much less frequently and used less sophisticated…

The article found that of 36 frequently cited articles in special education, most were non-data-based, published in area-specific journals, and single authored by males. Such articles were likely to make recommendations for policy or practice, present a hypothesis, or state the findings of previous research. (Author/DB)