Author Impact Metrics in Communication Sciences and Disorder Research

Autor/inn/en	Stuart, Andrew; Faucette, Sarah P.; Thomas, William Joseph
Titel	Author Impact Metrics in Communication Sciences and Disorder Research
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60 (2017) 9, S.2704-2724 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-16-0458
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Communication Disorders; Communication Research; Databases; Bibliometrics; Authors; Audiology; Speech Language Pathology; Gender Differences; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Faculty Publishing; United States; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Kommunikationsstörung; Kommunikationsforschung; Datenbank; Bibliometrie; Author; Autor; Autorin; Audiologie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Ausland; USA; Kanada
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose was to examine author-level impact metrics for faculty in the communication sciences and disorder research field across a variety of databases. Method: Author-level impact metrics were collected for faculty from 257 accredited universities in the United States and Canada. Three databases (i.e., Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Scopus) were utilized. Results: Faculty expertise was in audiology (24.4%; n = 490) and speech-language pathology (75.6%; n = 1,520). Women comprised 68.1% of faculty, and men comprised 31.9% of faculty. The percentage of faculty in the field of communication sciences and disorders identified in each database was 10.5% (n = 212), 44.0% (n = 885), and 84.4% (n = 1,696) for Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Scopus, respectively. In general, author-level impact metrics were positively skewed. Metric values increased significantly with increasing academic rank (p < 0.05), were greater for men versus women (p < 0.05), and were greater for those in audiology versus speech-language pathology (p < 0.05). There were statistically significant positive correlations between all author-level metrics (p < 0.01). Conclusions: These author-level metrics may serve as a benchmark for scholarly production of those in the field of communication sciences and disorders and may assist with professional identity management, tenure and promotion review, grant applications, and employment. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01