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Home Economics Deans' and Department Chairpersons' Perceptions of Journals and the Importance of Faculty Publishing
Author(s) -
Goldsmith Elizabeth B.,
Thoresen Robert J.,
Goldsmith Ronald E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8801700207
Subject(s) - publishing , quality (philosophy) , institution , productivity , perception , public relations , management , psychology , medical education , political science , sociology , library science , social science , medicine , economics , law , economic growth , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience
Seventy‐five administrators of home economics programs rated 18 journals for familiarity and perceived quality. The Journals to which the most subscribed were the Journal of Home Economics (92%) and the Home Economics Research Journal (82%). The administrators rated the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition highest in quality. Almost all administrators stated that publishing is becoming more important in their evaluations of faculty. Data were collected on administrators' specializations and on the characteristics of responding administrators' institu tions. The growing stress on faculty publishing is evidenced at both small and large institutions, although in the past it was less emphasized at smaller colleges. Institution size is a factor in actual publishing productivity in that larger schools tend to have more prolific authors.