| Abstract: | An attempt to answer the question of "whether the aggregate publications of any generation of scientists are made up primarily of the work of the highly productive minority or are composed chiefly of the contributions of the less productive majority." Using data from four groups (different time periods) of American psychologists found that the total output of each of the groups is made up to a large extent of the publications of a relatively small number of productive individuals. Further analysis revealed that the more productive persons had their work cited most often in scholarly works in psychology and are more likely to receive professional recognition and honors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
