ERIC Number: EJ1155819
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Publication Date: 2017-Sep
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Author Impact Metrics in Communication Sciences and Disorder Research
Stuart, Andrew; Faucette, Sarah P.; Thomas, William Joseph
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v60 n9 p2704-2724 Sep 2017
Purpose: The purpose was to examine author-level impact metrics for faculty in the communication sciences and disorder research field across a variety of databases. Method: Author-level impact metrics were collected for faculty from 257 accredited universities in the United States and Canada. Three databases (i.e., Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Scopus) were utilized. Results: Faculty expertise was in audiology (24.4%; n = 490) and speech-language pathology (75.6%; n = 1,520). Women comprised 68.1% of faculty, and men comprised 31.9% of faculty. The percentage of faculty in the field of communication sciences and disorders identified in each database was 10.5% (n = 212), 44.0% (n = 885), and 84.4% (n = 1,696) for Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Scopus, respectively. In general, author-level impact metrics were positively skewed. Metric values increased significantly with increasing academic rank (p < 0.05), were greater for men versus women (p < 0.05), and were greater for those in audiology versus speech-language pathology (p < 0.05). There were statistically significant positive correlations between all author-level metrics (p < 0.01). Conclusions: These author-level metrics may serve as a benchmark for scholarly production of those in the field of communication sciences and disorders and may assist with professional identity management, tenure and promotion review, grant applications, and employment.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communication Disorders, Communication Research, Databases, Bibliometrics, Authors, Audiology, Speech Language Pathology, Gender Differences, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Faculty Publishing
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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