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| Title: | An assessment of the predictive validity of impact factor scores:
Implications for academic employment decisions in social work |
| Authors: | Holden Gary, Rosenberg Gary
Barker Kathleen, Onghena Patrick |
| Keywords: | scientific communication
decision making
personnel promotion
personnel selection
teacher tenure
educational personnel
occupational tenure
career development
higher education
citation analysis
impact factor score
validity
faculty
hiring
reappointment
social work education |
| Issue Date: | 1-Oct-2007 |
| Abstract: | Objective: Bibliometrics is a method of examining scholarly
communications. Concerns regarding the utility of bibliometrics in
general, and the impact factor score (IFS) in particular, have been
discussed across disciplines including social work. While there are
frequent mentions in the literature of the IFS as an indicator of the
impact or quality of scholars’ work, little empirical work has
been published regarding the validity of such use. Method: A
proportionate, stratified, random sample, of n=323 articles was selected
from 17 Web of Science listed social work journals published during the
1992-1994 period. Results: The relationship between journals’
impact factor scores and the actual impact of articles published in
those journals (predictive validity) was r = .41 (short term) and r =
.42 (long term). Conclusion: The practice of using the IFS as a proxy
indicator of article impact merits significant concern as well as
further empirical investigation. The final, definitive version of this
article has been published in Research on Social Work Practice, 16, 6
© SAGE Publications Ltd at the Research on Social Work Practice
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| Description: | Citation for final version: Holden, G., Rosenberg, G., Barker, K.,
& Onghena, P. (2006). An assessment of the predictive validity of
impact factor scores: Implications for academic employment decisions in
social work. Research on Social Work Practice, 16, 6, 613-624. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/23581 |
| Appears in Collections: | Gary Holden's Collection
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