ERIC Number: EJ1382764
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0307-5079
EISSN: EISSN-1470-174X
Organizational Location and Propensity for Coauthorship in Sociology
Hermanowicz, Joseph C.; Lei, Man-Kit
Studies in Higher Education, v48 n4 p630-642 2023
Coauthorship has intensified as a mode of production across the twentieth century and into the twenty-first in a large number of fields. Yet sole authorship remains a publishing mode in some fields. Publishing is not only an individual behavior but is also nestled in organizations. To that end, incentives to sole -- or co-author work may vary organizationally, a topic that prior research has not addressed. This article fills that void by examining authorship patterns by where one works in a stratification of academic institutions. Data for the study come from the published research articles obtained from the CVs of over 500 sociologists situated in thirty U.S. sociology departments grouped into three tiers using program rankings established by the National Research Council. After accounting for demographic characteristics and the principal research methods that sociologists use in their work, the study reveals significant organizational differences in the propensity to publish multi-authored work in a field where sole authorship remains a mode of scholarly production.
Descriptors: Sociology, Authors, Writing for Publication, Faculty Publishing, Incentives, Organizational Culture, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Research Reports, Resumes (Personal), College Faculty, Departments, Institutional Evaluation, Cooperation, Productivity, Collegiality, Graduate Study, Tenure, Academic Rank (Professional), Grants, Doctoral Degrees, Race, Gender Differences, Journal Articles
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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