Measuring the Quality of Peer-Reviewed Publications in Social Work: Impact Factors—Liberation or Liability?

The research impact of school psychology faculty

“…Likewise, a particular sub-field may be too small to produce frequent citations (Nosek et al, 2010). Conversely, an h index might be inflated by several illconceived articles that generated numerous refutations by other authors (Blyth, Shardlow, Masson, Lyons, Shaw, & White, 2010) or by faulty citation practices (Simkin & Roychowdhury, 2003). Additionally, there may be a ceiling effect where two authors with the same h index may differ substantially.…”

Spanish journals of social work

“…Vázquez-Aguado et al Blyth et al (2010), to mismatches between the requirements of Thompson Reuters System (manager ISI) and the characteristics of production in social work. It is necessary to point out that what is understood as journals of social work in this study are those journals that are promoted by professional institutions, faculties and departments of social work and that publish articles related to social work, social services and public policies of social protection.…”

“…Participating in the classification of social work journals from impact involves, according to Blyth et al (2010), assuming that only the journals listed in international databases (ISI.) published the most relevant research, and that the articles receiving more citations are those with more impact.…”

Editorial

“…Leung and Cheung (2008), in their periodically updated journal list, include at present 186 scientific journals within the core areas of social work. Read more about this and the criteria discussion on the evaluation of scientific journals in an article published in the March 2010 issue of Social Work Education (Blyth et al., 2010).…”