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Analysis of author affiliation across four school psychology journals from 2000 to 2008: Where is the practitioner research?
Author(s) -
Carroll Erin E.,
Skinner Christopher H.,
McCleary Daniel F.,
von Mizener Briana Hautau,
Bliss Stacy L.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/pits.20403
Subject(s) - school psychology , psychology , applied psychology , pedagogy , medical education , medicine
Articles published between 2000 and 2008 in four major school psychology journals— School Psychology Review, Journal of School Psychology, Psychology in the Schools , and School Psychology Quarterly —were classified based on type (empirical or narrative) and on the primary and secondary authors' affiliations. Results showed that more than 90% of the primary and secondary authors were university affiliated with little difference across article type. Although more than 85% of school psychologists are practitioners, these results suggest that their contributions to these school psychology journals are limited because they account for less than 10% of the authors of articles. Discussion focuses on practitioners' involvement in the research base that is intended to inform their professional behaviors. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.