This book focuses on the topic of academic publishing. It discusses the mounting, serious problems that researchers, particularly new researchers, encounter when trying to publish their research. The book addresses the issues of publishing as well as the salient factors militating against academic publication and the mitigating factors encouraging…

Women in academic appointments have published less frequently than men. Since this difference is only partially explainable on the basis of fewer years in higher education, a study was conducted to determine men's and women's perceptions and experiences of writing for publication in the field of counselor education. A sample of 82 counselor…

The relationship between the age of persons who are members of two academic finance associations and their publications shows that the peak of productivity was reached by the 36- to 40-year-old group and declined by about half for the 56- to 60-year-old group. (Author/MLF)

In partial response to a recent best-seller decrying the so-called "ProfScam" scenario whereby professors downgrade undergraduate teaching in favor of often irrelevant research, the paper offers guidance to accounting faculty seeking to undertake meaningful publishable research. Recommendations are given for four stages in the research process:…

Two possible causes for the demands for research and publication on small college campuses are explored with a focus on the effect on promotion and tenure. The first hypothesis is that many administrators feel faculty research is a partner to faculty teaching effectiveness, and thus, if master teaching is the goal, faculty must excel at research.…

Compares the amount of research being published by personnel from 37 undergraduate institutions of higher learning during the 1970's with the amount published from 1980-1985. Lists the number of student co-authored publications in chemistry from the leading 11 institutions for 1980-1985. (TW)

Reports on an empirical study of staff productivity in West German university education departments. Examines data concerning the conditions of teaching and research; the careers of senior staff and their publications; and the citations they received in select educational journals. Notes a discrepancy between publication and citation frequencies.…

The development of an information system to help College of Education faculty at Florida State University campuses determine the criteria and procedures for awarding merit pay is described. Faculty groups need information that address both the objectives of individual faculty members and institutional goals. Data needed from the following five…

This book describes a variety of publication experiences and reflections and offers guidelines on academic writing for college and university faculty to increase productivity and achievement in the "publish or perish" academic world. Chapter 1 defines academic writing and compares its characteristics with teaching. Chapter 2 discusses…