African American Faculty in Social Work Schools: The Impact of Their Scholarship.
PURPOSE
This study assessed the citation impact of scholarship of African American faculty in the top 25 ranked schools of social work cited in the 2012 U.S. News and World Report.


METHOD
The citation impact scores (Hirsch h-index) of these scholars were examined.


RESULTS
The overall mean h-index score for the top 25 ranked schools of social work and African American scholars was 6.62 and 12.14, respectively. The individual h-index for almost 80% of these scholars exceeded their respective school mean h-index scores.


DISCUSSION
While the literature revealed long-standing systemic and structural barriers to research productivity for African American scholars overall, these faculty somehow found ways to circumvent these challenges. Future research calls for a more comprehensive exploration into the character and impact of scholarship produced by African American faculty to further expand the knowledge base about elements of research cultures in social work.
['Huggins-Hoyt|Kimberly Y|KY|', 'Holosko|Michael J|MJ|', 'Briggs|Harold E|HE|', 'Barner|John R|JR|']
D001741:African Americans D005178:Faculty D006801:Humans D012106:Research D012947:Social Work D014481:United States D014495:Universities
research productivity Citation analysis citation metrics quantitative scholarship impact social work research