Research Activity and Scholarly Productivity Among Counselor Educators

Abstract

This study investigated research and scholarly activities among a group of randomly selected counselor educators and found “high” and “low” producers to be distinguishable along the following dimensions: years in the present career, preferred professional activity, sex, academic rank, kind of institutional affiliation (college or university), institutional size, when the first publication was produced, number of journal subscriptions, average weekly time devoted to research, and whether or not the counselor educator was cited in the Social Sciences Citation Index between 1975 and 1979. Chi‐square analyses on these variables revealed significant differences at the .001 level of confidence.

Where Have All the Women Writers Gone?

“…Ten men were listed as authors of 53 articles; three women were listed as authors of 13 articles. Walton (1982) surveyed 520 persons listed in the 1979 ACES roster and received 255 replies (56.1%). Entries in the Social Sciences Citation Index included references for 189 men and 66 women.…”

“…Entries in the Social Sciences Citation Index included references for 189 men and 66 women. Walton (1982) concluded that more men than women were high producers.…”

The Use of Research Teams to Enhance Competence in Counseling Research

“…In order to begin correcting this situation, we need to focus attention on the training of future doctoral level professionals who comprise the pool of potential researchers. Results from Walton's (1982) recent study of scholarly productivity of counselor educators indicates the carry-over effect of early interest and involvement in research.…”

“…In spite of these difficulties, individuals who develop skills and interests in research and find themselves in settings where research is encouraged or expected are faced with another set of problems. In higher education, professors often find themselves without the necessary assistance required to engage in the range and volume of activities that commonly occur between the inception of an idea and final report writing (Walton, 1982). This is especially true in the development of programmatic research studies, because systematic inquiry efforts can require relatively large-scale resources that are hard to develop and maintain.…”

Developing Your Publication Potential and Copyright Confidence

“…It is extremely important that counselors leave graduate training knowing how to counsel, and their coursework should support that primary goal. Still, several authors have indicated with concern that the number of individuals conducting and publishing research is less than sufficient (Gelso, 1979;Gelso, Raphael, Black, Rardin, & Skalkos, 1983;Holland, 1982;Stockton & Hulse, 1983;Walton, 1982).…”