Abstract
Objective: This article describes a bibliometric analysis of articles appearing in the journal Research on Social Work Practice (RSWP). Method: Descriptive and predictive analyses for the sample of 322 articles are presented. Results: The typical RSWP article was 15 pages long, had two authors and 28 references, and was cited for the first time 2 years after publication. The typical article was cited in two different years and for a total of three times during the publication year and six subsequent years. The overall sample of articles received a total of 1,139 citations during the year of publication and subsequent 6 years. Additional subsample analyses are presented. Conclusion: Articles published during RSWP's first decade had an impact.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 11-20 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Research on Social Work Practice |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2010 |
Keywords
- Bibliometrics
- Citation analysis
- Practice evaluation
- Program evaluation
- Publication
- Scholarship
- Social work journals
- Sociology of science