Citation Impact Scores of Top African American Scholars in Social Work Schools

Mishna

Graham

et al. 2017

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We report impact data on faculty (N ¼ 454) working in 30 of Canada's accredited social work programs during 2016. Method: Using the Publish or Perish website, faculty member's h and g indices, and their most frequently cited articles published in the last decade were analyzed both individually and by school. Findings: (a) computed h scores were R a 0.8-11.9, M ¼ 4.4 and g scores were R a 1.3-21.3, M ¼ 7.7; (b) the top-ranked citation impact for programs were the University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, and the University of British Columbia; (c) larger programs had significantly higher citation impact for both h and g scores than smaller programs; (d) 17 (27%) of these authors had 10-year citation counts ranging from 176 to 666; and (e) their topics related to children/youth/adolescents (35%) and health care (35%). Discussion: Based on our work in this area, we offer some constructive recommendations to Canadian social work programs and faculty.

Section: Selected Social Work Citation Impact Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Citation Impact Factors Among Faculty in Canadian Social Work Programs

Mishna

Graham

et al. 2017

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“…Earlier studies on this topic, conducted primarily by Schiele (1991, 1995), found that African American social work faculty produced slightly fewer publications than their Caucasian colleagues. However, in an evaluation of the citation impact ( h -index) and character of African American faculty in schools of social work, Huggins-Hoyt, Holosko, Briggs, and Barner (2015) found that these top scholars had impressive h -index scores ( M = 12.14), even exceeding the mean h -index ( M = 6.62) of the top 25 ranked schools of social work. Nevertheless, the actual personal experiences of African American social work scholars achieving research productivity and esteemed scholarship has never been assessed.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Second, the participants were selected based on their high citation impact ( h -index) scores. The h -index is a limited measure that is influenced by the career age of a scholar, meaning it is highly depended on the number of papers a scholar has published first and then takes into account the number of citations each paper has received over time (Barner, Holosko, & Thyer, 2014; Barner, Holosko, Thyer, & King, 2015; Holden, Rosenberg, Barker, & Onghena, 2006; Holosko et al, 2016; Huggins-Hoyt et al, 2015; Lacasse, Hodge, & Bean, 2011). For example, “a researcher’s h -index score cannot exceed the total number of papers they have published, regardless of the impact (number of citations) of these papers” (Lacasse et al, 2011, p. 601).…”

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confidence: 99%

African American Social Work Faculty

Allen

Huggins-Hoyt

et al. 2017

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This study explored the scholarship experiences of top-ranked African American faculty in schools of social work. Method: Qualitative interviews were conducted with N ¼ 10 top-ranked African American faculty identified as achieving considerable productivity and impact of scholarship. Findings: Four major themes were identified, each of which had 2-3 subcategories. These included (1) mentorship, (2) collaboration, (3) time, and (4) strategic planning. The data revealed that of these identified themes, mentorship was the most prominent, and collaboration, although important, was the least. Implications: The noted experiences and strategies highlighted in this study could be of great utility for those seeking to enhance their scholarly productivity and impact, particularly for (a) junior faculty, (b) African American faculty, and (c) doctoral student researchers and candidates.

“…This is the fifth successive study in our knowledge-building journey assessing the citation impact scholarship of social work faculty in top-ranked schools of social work (Barner, Holosko, & Thyer, 2013;Barner, Holosko, Thyer, & King, 2015;Huggins-Hoyt, Holosko, Briggs, & Barner, 2014). The present study acknowledges the leadership and scholarship of female academics in the top-ranked schools of social work in America.…”

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Citation Impact of Women in Social Work

Barner

Allen

2016

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Purpose: We assessed citation impact scholarship of women in the top 25-ranked schools of social work in the United States. Method: We used a mixed methodology. Part 1 was a secondary data analysis of the top-25 U.S. News and World Report ranked schools from 2012 using the Hirsch h-index over a 10-year period. Qualitative interviews were conducted with graduates from top-ranked schools. We then examined the faculty websites. Results: The mean h-score was 18.64. The majority of these women were employed at the University of Washington (n ¼ 6), followed by Columbia University and the Universities of Southern California (n ¼ 3, respectively), Michigan, and California at Berkeley (n ¼ 2, respectively). Discussion: The overall impact scores for these women are significant and speak to a number of factors including negotiating long-standing systemic and structural variables. We continue to describe elements of research cultures, which are essential to our profession's academic development in today's corporate university cultures.