Ranking institutional settings based on publications in community psychology journals

Abstract

ⅢTwo primary outlets for community psychology research, the American Journal of Community Psychology and the Journal of Community Psychology, were assessed to rank institutions based on publication frequency and scientific influence of publications over a 32-year period. Three specific periods were assessed (1973-1983, 1984-1994, 1995-2004

A 10‐year Retrospective of Organization Studies in Community Psychology: Content, Theory, and Impact

“…For the 11‐year period, the publication rate of organization studies in community psychology was analyzed, and a thorough content analysis was completed to determine the manifestation of organization studies in the literature. JoCP and AJCP were selected because these two journals are considered the primary journals of community psychology, and major trends of the field tend to be published in either of these outlets (Angelique & Culley, ; Bernal & Enchautegui‐de‐Jesus, ; Jason, Pokorny, Patka, Adams, & Morello, ; Lounsbury, Leader, Meares, & Cook, ; Loo, Fong, & Iwamasa, ; Novaco & Monahan, ; Speer et al., ).…”

Who's Left Out and Who's Still on the Margins? Social Exclusion in Community Psychology Journals

“…These studies have provided a platform with which to engage in continued conceptual reflection and debate about community psychology's distinguishing attributes, successes and failures, and its permutations over time. With this purpose in mind, these studies have played a significant role in providing “healthy feedback to the field, and identified shortcomings where the empirical basis of the field did not match the stated ideology” (Jason et al., , p. 969). The article briefly considers the contribution of the major studies of social exclusion in community research.…”

“…Published material is a rich source from which to learn about patterns of knowledge creation (Jason, Pokorny, Patka, Adams, & Morello, ). Community psychology has a historical tradition of empirical analysis of its published work, which has served as a powerful vehicle through which to expose the theoretical, practical, and axiological tensions in the field.…”

Ranking the community psychology research output of institutions and authors: A new system of evaluating the field

“…Examining journal publications represents another method for determining who is publishing, what topics are most central to the field, and where major contributors are located. Citation analysis and article publication rates have been used to identify influential theories, programs, and scholars within Community Psychology (Jason et al, 2007; Neal et al, 2013; Perlman, 1984; Pokorny et al, 2009). For example, insights into the authors of research articles in Community Psychology reveal that most published and cited authors continue to be men from the United States (Fowler & Toro, 2008; Perlman, 1984; Pokorny et al, 2009).…”