Lewis Terman in Context: An Analysis of Citations of Genetic Studies of Genius Inside and Outside the Field of Gifted Education

Scholars do not dispute that Lewis Terman is an influential figure in the field of gifted education. What is less well understood is the extent of that influence within the field and outside the field of gifted education. Citation analysis provides one method to quantify and analyze a scholar’s infl...

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Published in:Journal for the education of the gifted 2021-09, Vol.44 (3), p.227-259
Main Authors: Hodges, Jaret, Mun, Rachel U., Johnson, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citation Analysis
Citations (References)
Content Analysis
Educational Research
Educational Researchers
Gifted Education
Influences
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Summary:Scholars do not dispute that Lewis Terman is an influential figure in the field of gifted education. What is less well understood is the extent of that influence within the field and outside the field of gifted education. Citation analysis provides one method to quantify and analyze a scholar’s influence. In our analysis, we use citation analysis to categorize and analyze a sample (n= 213) of scholarly works which cite one of Lewis Terman’s Genetic Studies of Genius or successive works produced by his students. Our analysis provided evidence that nearly half of all citations of Terman’s work are considered incidental and do not directly reference his work or legacy. Furthermore, we found that negative citations of Terman’s work were in the minority compared with positive and neutral citations.
ISSN:0162-3532
2162-9501
DOI:10.1177/01623532211023596