PERCEPTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK JOURNALS: FINDINGS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Social Work Education
- Vol. 42 (1), 139-160
- https://doi.org/10.5175/jswe.2006.200303095
Abstract
A national survey of 556 faculty at accredited schools of social work examined 4 dimensions of the publishing process: publishing productivity, perceptions of overall quality of social work journals, satisfaction with social work journals, and perspectives on the manuscript review process. Findings indicate the publishing process in social work is perceived as a system of complex relationships between individual and institutional arrangements. Qualitative analysis provided the basis for a discussion of strategies for improving the relevance, methodological rigor, and overall quality of professional social work journals.Keywords
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