TY - JOUR
T1 - An analysis of prolific scholarship in speech communication, 1915–1985
T2 - Toward a yardstick for measuring research productivity
AU - Hickson, Mark
AU - Stacks, Don W.
AU - Amsbary, Jonathan H.
PY - 1989/7/1
Y1 - 1989/7/1
N2 - Using the journals listed in the most recent index to journals in communication studies, publication patterns of prolific authors in speech communication between 1915 and 1985 were analyzed. Publication of as few as six articles in the journals studied places an individual in the top ten percent of scholars on the all-time list. Publication of eleven articles places an individual in the top five percent. The data indicate publication early in a scholar’s career is very important, as is flexibility in selection of journals in which to publish.
AB - Using the journals listed in the most recent index to journals in communication studies, publication patterns of prolific authors in speech communication between 1915 and 1985 were analyzed. Publication of as few as six articles in the journals studied places an individual in the top ten percent of scholars on the all-time list. Publication of eleven articles places an individual in the top five percent. The data indicate publication early in a scholar’s career is very important, as is flexibility in selection of journals in which to publish.
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U2 - 10.1080/03634528909378759
DO - 10.1080/03634528909378759
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0009327529
VL - 38
SP - 230
EP - 236
JO - Communication Education
JF - Communication Education
SN - 0363-4523
IS - 3
ER -