PUBLICATION PRODUCTIVITY OF BSW FACULTY

This article examines the publication productivity of BSW faculty, usi ng self-reported data on journal articles, books, book chapters, and p ublished conference proceedings. The authors analyze areas such as pre valent types of publications, topics addressed, journals in which arti cles appear, distribution of publications among respondents, and compa risons of productivity with various independent variables. Variables f ound to be related to productivity include size of both the institutio n and the social work program, faculty rank, public versus private aus pices of the institution, administrative structure of the program, and institutional requirements for productivity. The article concludes by noting the parallel increases in demand for undergraduate faculty pro ductivity and production of all types of publications, and by suggesti ng topics for further research.