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Cumulative and career-stage citation impact of social psychology programs and their members

Journal

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Subject

Organisational Behaviour

Publishing details

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2010 Vol 36:10 p 1283-1300

Authors / Editors

Nosek B A;Graham J;Lindner N M;Kesebir S;Hawkins C B;Hahn C;Motyl M;Joy-Gaba J;Frazier R;Tenney E R

Biographies

Selin Kesebir

Publication Year

2010

Abstract

Number of citations and the h-index are popular metrics for indexing scientific impact. These, and other existing metrics, are strongly related to scientists’ seniority. This article introduces complementary indicators that are unrelated to the number of years since PhD. To illustrate cumulative and career-stage approaches for assessing the scientific impact across a discipline, citations for 611 scientists from 97 U.S. and Canadian social psychology programs are amassed and analyzed. Results provide benchmarks for evaluating impact across the career span in psychology and other disciplines with similar citation patterns. Career-stage indicators provide a very different perspective on individual and program impact than cumulative impact, and may predict emerging scientists and programs. Comparing social groups, Whites and men had higher impact than non-Whites and women, respectively. However, average differences in career stage accounted for most of the difference for both groups.

Keywords

Citations; Scientific impact; H-index; Scientific awards; Gender differences

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