Publication Productivity Among American Criminologists: An Analysis of Gender, Regional, and Work Differences

• NCJ Number: 124348
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Education Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1990) Pages: 99-110
• Author(s): A Widmayer; G Rabe
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 12 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Presented at the 1989 convention of the American Society of Criminology, Reno, Nevada

Annotation

This study examines the research productivity of a random sample of American Society of Criminology members and analyzes the differences in findings based on gender, regionality, and professional areas of expertise.

Abstract

A total of 178 respondents provided information on their publication productivity over the past five years. The results show considerable variance exists within and among groups. Male Ph.D.s published more pages of books and journal articles than did female Ph.D.s over the last five years, but the differences were not significant. Approximately 4 percent of male Ph.D.s failed to publish any journal articles, whereas almost 6 percent of female Ph.D.s had not published in journals. Although female Ph.D.s felt it was somewhat more difficult to publish than did male Ph.D.s, they had nearly the same acceptance rate on first submissions as did males. Nearly 40 percent of the Ph.D.s had failed to publish materials in books. Few significant differences were found among geographical regions, type of degree, and type of work. 8 tables, 8 references. (Author abstract modified)