Publication Patterns of The Personnel and Guidance Journal/Journal of Counseling & Development: 1978 to 1993

Abstract

The purposes of this study were (a) to identify the primary institutional sources of articles to The Personnel and Guidance Journal/ Journal of Counseling & Development from 1978 to 1993 (Volumes 57-71); (b) to identify the primary individual contributors to this journal during the survey period; (c) to identify and compare the program affiliations of individual contributors by editor during the survey period; and (d) to speculate as to whether the study results, collectively, indicate a trend toward more psychologists than counselors contributing to this journal. A total of 1,843 articles were reviewed. Of the 2,198 authors, 69% were academicians and 31% were practitioners. The data suggest that there has been a clear pattern of more psychologists than counselors contributing to this journal.

Scholarly Productivity of Editorial Board Members of Three American Counseling and Counseling Psychology Journals

“…The American Counseling Association's JCD and its predecessor the Personnel and Guidance Journal (P&GJ) were the subject of many studies, which examined contributor institutional affiliation (cf., Barry & Wolf, 1958;Baruth & Miller, 1977;Brown, 1969;Cesari & Pelsma, 1986;Stone & Shertzer, 1964;Walsh, Osipow, Babbs, Fredricks, & Armstrong, 1969;Weinrach, Lustig, Chan, & Thomas, 1998). No articles were identified which addressed any aspects of the editorial review process or characteristics of EBMs in JCD/P&GJ.…”

“…However, a substantial number of Division 17 members also belong to ACA. Moreover, many former and current ACA members, who currently hold member or fellow status in Division 17, have contributed significantly to the development of the ACA and published regularly in the JCD (Weinrach, Lustig, Chan, & Thomas, 1998). Similarly, many members of the ACA have contributed significantly to the development of Division 17 and its journal, TCP, and to the JCP.…”

Content Analysis of the Journal of Counseling & Development: Volumes 67 to 74

“…L. Herr, 1993 to 1996. Several analyses of the JCD have previously been published that include Barry and Wolf (1958); Stone and Shertzer (1964); Brown (1969); Pelsma and Cesari (1989); and Weinrach, Lustig, Chan, and Thomas (1998).…”

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Successes and Failures: Eight Personal Perspectives

“…In 1997, I decided to apply for a two-courseper-semester reduction in teaching load, which is rarely granted. At the time, I had just completed an article titled "Publication Patterns of the Personnel and Guidance Journal/Journal of Counseling and Development-1978to 1993" (Weinrach, Lustig, Chan, & Thomas, 1998. My productivity not only placed me in the top 1% of contributors for the 15-year period of the study, but it had even increased appreciably between 1993 and 1997.…”