I recall a statistic quoted many years ago that the median lifetime publications for a
PhD in psychology is one (the dissertation). Sounds about right to me. The results
should nicely fit a J curve, which also describes numbers of murders committed. :-)
don
Donald McBurney
Charlotte Manly wrote:
> 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,
> >
> >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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