Research Productivity in Select Psychology Journals, 1986-2008

Examination of research productivity has a long history in psychology. Journals across psychology have periodically published research-productivity studies. An analysis of institutional research productivity was conducted for 17 journals published by the American Psychological Association for the ye...

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Published in:The journal of psychology 2010-07, Vol.144 (4), p.361-411
Main Authors: Mahoney, Kevin T., Buboltz, Walter C., Calvert, Barbara, Hoffmann, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic journals
Author productivity
Bibliometrics
Credit
Departments
Efficiency, Organizational - trends
Graduation rate
Higher education
Humans
institutional ranking
Institutions
journal history
Measurement
Methodology
Periodicals
Periodicals as Topic - trends
Productivity
Psychology
Psychology - statistics & numerical data
Psychology - trends
Quantitative psychology
R&D
Ratings & rankings
Research & development
Research - trends
Research funding
Research productivity
Students
Studies
U.S.A
United States
Universities
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Summary:Examination of research productivity has a long history in psychology. Journals across psychology have periodically published research-productivity studies. An analysis of institutional research productivity was conducted for 17 journals published by the American Psychological Association for the years 1986-2008 . This analysis implemented two methodologies: one a replication and extension of G. S. Howard, D. A. Cole, and S. E. Maxwell's (1987) method, the other a new method designed to give credit to psychology departments rather than only overall institutions. A system of proportional credit assured all articles with multiple institutions received credit. Results show that for the 23-year period, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was ranked 1st, followed by the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Overall, results showed both consistency and change across all journals examined. The authors explore the implications of these findings in the context of the current academic environment.
ISSN:0022-3980
1940-1019
DOI:10.1080/00223980.2010.480901