[BOOK][B] Assessing Faculty Publication Productivity: Issues of Equity. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Volume 26, Number 2.

EG Creamer - 1998 - ERIC
1998ERIC
This report reviews the research literature on faculty publication productivity, with special
emphasis on the ways in which gender is a factor in publishing productivity. An executive
summary notes the following themes:(1) the existence of significant gender and race
differences in publishing productivity;(2) the relationship of gender to traditional measures of
publication quantity and quality;(3) possible reasons why relatively few faculty publish
prolifically;(4) possible reasons why few women and minorities are among the prolific …
This report reviews the research literature on faculty publication productivity, with special emphasis on the ways in which gender is a factor in publishing productivity. An executive summary notes the following themes: (1) the existence of significant gender and race differences in publishing productivity; (2) the relationship of gender to traditional measures of publication quantity and quality; (3) possible reasons why relatively few faculty publish prolifically; (4) possible reasons why few women and minorities are among the prolific publishers; and (5) implications for practice. Chapter 1 describes patterns of faculty scholarly publishing productivity and how these vary by sex, race, and academic field. The second chapter reviews the evidence concerning the relationship between publication productivity and institutional rewards and how these vary by gender and race. A discussion of traditional measures of the quantity and quality of publication productivity appears in the third
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