Prolific Publishing: Professional and Administrative Concerns
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1993
Department
Communication Studies
School
Communication
Abstract
Numerous reports of “prolific publishing” in the communication discipline rank actively publishing researchers, females, administrators, and institutions. We argue that these studies are methodologically weak and may communicate the false message to junior faculty that scholarship is a “numbers game” with academic winners and losers. This essay critiques the notion that quantity of publications, rather than quality, is an appropriate measure of individual or institutional productivity, that prolific publishing garners professional repect or rewards, and that teaching is secondary to publishing.
Publication Title
Southern Communication Journal
Volume
58
Issue
4
First Page
328
Last Page
338
Recommended Citation
Erickson, K. V.,
Fleuriet, C. A.,
Hosman, L. A.
(1993). Prolific Publishing: Professional and Administrative Concerns. Southern Communication Journal, 58(4), 328-338.
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