Dear Jonathan: Below is my quick response on "cited X time" in CV's. Others may view this practice differently of course, depending on the institution perhaps:
I've been on search committees for many years, and have seen this practice increasingly in recent years in applications for tenure track positions in liberal arts institutions that emphasize both research and teaching. For our searches at least, I consider it an unnecessary use of the applicant's time and don't recall that topic ever coming up as a positive in a committee meeting. At the pre- interview stage, my colleagues and I tend to be much more interested in the caliber of the paper, the rigor of peer review for the journal it is published in, comments on that person's research from faculty mentors/recommenders whose own work is highly regarded, and most importantly , the ability of the author to write cogently about the significance of his or her research, as well as how that research might be continued and developed in the future. A few strong papers in excellent journals on a CV, and a pdf of an exemplar paper can go a long way towards shifting someone's application up a notch than how many times a paper is cited IMHO . . Folks on the search committee should be discriminating enough to recognize stellar contributions to the literature without being alerted to citation frequency, or look it up for themselves if they care. Many citations can either mean a top notch research effort that is well-respected or just a popular topic too (which has some value at times in relation to funding). Also, lots of minor papers or ones where the author is rarely first or second author are fine for folks who just completed a PhD and are hunting short term sabbatical or post-doc positions but not for tenure track positions in general. Hope this helps and good luck with your future research endeavors Susan On Aug 22, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Jonathan Greenberg wrote: > I was chatting with a colleague of mine who was having a bit of > trouble > getting jobs because rather than having a lot of minor > publications, he has > a few HEAVILY cited papers -- I was wondering if any of you either > put a > "Cited X times" next to each article in your CV's publication > section, or > have seen people doing this? Would those of you who are reading > CVs for > potential applicants be interested in seeing these sort of statistics > (derived from google scholar or science citation)? Thanks! > > --j > > -- > Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD > Postdoctoral Scholar > Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) > University of California, Davis > One Shields Avenue > The Barn, Room 250N > Davis, CA 95616 > Cell: 415-794-5043 > AIM: jgrn307 > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
