Faculty scholarship at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) has in the past served as a blueprint for the Black masses. Even today, HBCU faculty scholarship continues to be an informative source to communicate accurate information regarding marginalized groups. This study examines h-index scores of 65 faculty members at five…

Given the importance of journal rankings to tenure, promotion, and other professional decisions, this study examines a new method for ranking social work journals. The Google Scholar h-index correlated highly with the current gold standard for measuring journal quality, Thomson Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) impact factors, but…

This exploratory study shows that the following types of scholarly publication are most desirable for obtaining tenure in social work education: (1) work printed in peer-reviewed publications; (2) publications that focus on social work rather than non-social work scholarship; (3) single authorship or lead authorship of collaborative work; (4)…

Two methods of ranking the influence of social work journals, based on citation counts, are compared for 22 core journals. Substantial differences between the resulting rankings suggest that impact factors do not accurately indicate the most influential journals within the social work discipline. Implications for faculty and libraries are…

A study examined the content of 85 scholarly works by social work program administrators to assess their contributions to development of social work knowledge. Findings indicate the topic of social work education emerged predominantly in both publications and conference or workshop presentations of these undergraduate educators. (Author/MSE)

A decade-old study concerning academic affiliation of social work authors is updated, extended, and refined. The current study looked at 1,602 articles in different types of scholarly journals (n=16) in social work and examined how a college or university's productivity varied by journal type, by faculty size, and over time. (Author/MSE)

The first national survey to focus specifically on publication productivity of African-American social work faculty is reported. Results (respondents, n=300) reveal productivity is associated more with individual than structural factors, a few faculty are producing most of the publications, and this subgroup is slightly less productive than the…

This longitudinal study found that 12 of 61 doctoral faculties in social work were responsible for 43 percent of journal articles published. Their publication rates appeared to accelerate in the 1990s and correlated positively with measures of program size and longevity. When all variables were controlled, perceived academic quality of MSW…

A survey of 421 senior faculty in graduate social work education investigated the familiarity and perceived quality of 120 professional journals in the field. Resulting ratings are presented for use by faculty seeking to publish their work in appropriate journals and those assessing the scholarly contribution of social work educators. (Author/MSE)

A discussion of the increase in multiple authorship of scholarly journal articles in social work looks at the reasons for this phenomenon, implications of multiple scholarship, and potential ethical questions arising from such collaborations. Guidelines from related professions are reviewed, and comments are made concerning when and under what…

A perception among junior social work faculty at one Midwestern university that writing barriers posed a threat to career development led to creation of a writer's guild, a collaborative, nonhierarchical approach to supporting scholarship. The group addresses personal writing difficulties, publication concerns, information needs, grant writing,…

A study exploring the relationship between scholarly productivity, in terms of publication and citation rates, and institutional reputation among leading social work schools is reported. Records for 333 faculty from 13 schools were analyzed in relation to 7 hypotheses of publication/citation rate and institutional productivity; results are…

Analysis of 1,349 articles in 21 social work and 193 nonsocial work journals by faculty of 45 doctoral social work programs over almost 4 years found programs' publication rates varied greatly; 42.2% averaged under 1 article per faculty member. Seven journals contained nearly 60% of the articles in social work journals; over 40% appeared in…

A study of manuscript submissions and acceptance among 509 faculty of 45 graduate social-work programs found that although faculty of all ranks made regular efforts to publish and achieve success, higher academic rank was negatively associated with frequency of manuscript submission and positively associated with acceptance. Results suggest…

The institutional affiliations of authors of all articles published in six social work journals between 1989 and 1993 were tabulated to produce a ranking of the colleges and universities whose faculty are making the most substantive contributions to the social work literature. Results are compared with those of two previous studies covering…