PUBLICATIONS AND CITATIONS - A STUDY OF FACULTY AT LEADING SCHOOLS OFSOCIAL-WORK

This study explores the relationship between scholarly productivity-as evidenced in publication and citation rates-and institutional reputat ion among leading schools of social work. Using the Social Sciences Ci tation Index to establish publication and citation records for 333 fac ulty members from 13 schools of social work, the authors (a) examine 7 hypotheses on publication/citation rates and institutional productivi ty, and (b) compare their study to those conducted previously They pro pose an index, the ''critical mass of scholarly activity,'' for determ ining institutional scholarly productivity.