Maryanne,

There was a flurry of such work in about 1992 in a variety of journals, including 
psych ones, mostly looking at gender differences in productivity.  They would include 
raw figures.  Also you might look in the literature on the sociology of science, which 
I believe tends to look at these more regularly.  Unfortunately I cannot remember the 
name of the researcher who is considered the father of the field.  Barring that, you 
might try a search on the "Matthew effect" in sociology.  That should net you mostly 
articles that are about productivity rates in science, including psychology.

In general the results you report sound about right.  As I recall, a very small 
handful of people have a lifetime publication rate of several hundred (which 
translates to 3-4 a year) in psychology, and many more have a lifetime rate of about 
ten. 

Hope this is of some help.

Charlotte

>Gidday Tipsters,
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>A colleague told me about some research that shows the mean number of pubs per psych 
>academic is 1 per year, while the median is 0. Apparently a few people are publishing 
>a bucketload. Does anybody know where I could find research on this issue, even if 
>it's not those data? Thanks.
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