Scholarly productivity and citation impact of Australian academic psychologists
Objective This study sought to provide up‐to‐date normative data on the productivity and citation impact of publications by Australian academic psychologists at each academic level (lecturer to professor) and for each university grouping (e.g., Group of Eight [Go8], Australian Technology Network, et...
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| description | Objective This study sought to provide up‐to‐date normative data on the productivity and citation impact of publications by Australian academic psychologists at each academic level (lecturer to professor) and for each university grouping (e.g., Group of Eight [Go8], Australian Technology Network, etc.). Method Publication and citation data for a representative sample of 732 psychology academics were extracted using the Scopus database. Norms for lifetime publications, citations, and h‐index were developed for each academic level and were compared with those reported in previous studies. Results Judgements of academic level based on number of publications, citations and h‐indexes are highly reliable with publication means for the ranks roughly doubling, and citation means more than doubling, for each successive level. Lifetime publication means have increased by a factor of 2 to 3 since the norms published in 2010, consistent with the suggestion that rates of scholarly publication have increased over the last decade. Academics at the research‐intensive Go8 universities had, as a group, significantly higher publication averages at every level than academics at other universities; however, these differences varied considerably in size across the university groupings. Conclusions Indices of research productivity and impact are important when evaluating academic psychologists' performance, and the present article provides up‐to‐date, comprehensive, and representative norms of Australian academic psychologists. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b433631f38be4fec8afc312d587fd5802023-09-19T08:54:47ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAustralian Journal of Psychology0004-95301742-95362019-09-0171330531110.1111/ajpy.1224812098943Scholarly productivity and citation impact of Australian academic psychologistsTrevor G. Mazzucchelli0Emma Burton1Lynne Roberts2Psychological Wellbeing Research Group, School of Psychology, Curtin UniversityPsychological Wellbeing Research Group, School of Psychology, Curtin UniversityPsychology Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Research Group, School of Psychology, Curtin UniversityObjective This study sought to provide up‐to‐date normative data on the productivity and citation impact of publications by Australian academic psychologists at each academic level (lecturer to professor) and for each university grouping (e.g., Group of Eight [Go8], Australian Technology Network, etc.). Method Publication and citation data for a representative sample of 732 psychology academics were extracted using the Scopus database. Norms for lifetime publications, citations, and h‐index were developed for each academic level and were compared with those reported in previous studies. Results Judgements of academic level based on number of publications, citations and h‐indexes are highly reliable with publication means for the ranks roughly doubling, and citation means more than doubling, for each successive level. Lifetime publication means have increased by a factor of 2 to 3 since the norms published in 2010, consistent with the suggestion that rates of scholarly publication have increased over the last decade. Academics at the research‐intensive Go8 universities had, as a group, significantly higher publication averages at every level than academics at other universities; however, these differences varied considerably in size across the university groupings. Conclusions Indices of research productivity and impact are important when evaluating academic psychologists' performance, and the present article provides up‐to‐date, comprehensive, and representative norms of Australian academic psychologists.http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12248academic psychologistscitationsh‐indeximpactproductivitypublication rates |
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| title | Scholarly productivity and citation impact of Australian academic psychologists |
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