INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPACT IN DEVELOPMENTAL-PSYCHOLOGY

Individual eminence in developmental psychology was examined through a textbook citation analysis conducted on 10 current textbooks. For the 285 leading authors in this textbook citation study, data on individu al research productivity in psychology (from 1983 to 1991) and on a su bset of six journals of special importance for developmental psycholog y were obtained from the PsycLIT data base. An estimate of the scholar ly impact of these authors was obtained from citation counts from the 1988-1991 volumes of the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). The di versity of research interests (e.g., cognitive and social development, public policy) and age groups currently studied by developmental psyc hologists are reflected in the list of top contributors. The developme nt of the discipline could be described through future productivity st udies such as this one. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.