Academic Affiliations of Those Published in Social Work Journals: A Productivity Analysis, 1989–1993

Academic Affiliations of Social Work Journal Article Authors from 1999–2003: A Productivity Analysis from the United Kingdom

“…377 Ligon et al (2007) analyzed and reported the academic affiliations of authors who had published in six social work journals (Journal of Social Service Research, Social Work, Social Service Review, Journal of Social Work Education, Child Welfare, and Families in Society) during the years 1999 through 2003. Similar analyses have been undertaken and published in respect to journal articles published during the period from 1979 through 1998 (Ligon & Thyer, 2001;Ligon, Thyer, & Dixon, 1995;Thyer & Bentley, 1986;Thyer, Boynton, Bennis, & Levine, 1994). These publications provide an unbroken periodic analysis of the academic affiliations of journal authors from 1979 through 2003, which can be used to provide a longitudinal productivity analysis of universities in respect to social work publication.…”

The trend toward multiple authorship in social work: A British and US comparison

“…In the United States, for example, there is an accumulating literature assessing the quality and quantity of publications by social work faculty (e.g. Baker & Wilson, 1992;Bloom & Klein, 1995;Euster & Weinbach, 1986;Grinnell & Royer, 1983;Johnson & Hull, 1995;Ligon et al, 1995;Robbins et al, 1985;Thyer & Bentley, 1986). According to a survey of 104 graduate schools of social work completed by deans, directors, or chairpersons, publications rank first in importance of faculty activities for promotion and tenure, followed by teaching and, a distant third, service to the school (Locke & Patchner, 1995).…”

Academic Affiliations of Social Work Journals Authors

“…This study replicates the methodology used in three previous studies that investigated publications for the periods 1979-1983 (Thyer & Bentley, 1986), 1984(Thyer, Boynton, Bennis, & Levine, 1994), and 1989(Ligon, Thyer, & Dixon, 1995, to rank the productivity of academic institutions based on author affiliations for the period 1994-1998.…”