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History of Psychology Publish and Perish: Psychology's Most Prolific Authors Are Not Always the Ones We Remember.
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The American journal of psychology [Am J Psychol] 2017 Spring; Vol. 130 (1), pp. 105-119. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- What is the relationship between being highly prolific in the realm of publication and being remembered as a great psychologist of the past? In this study, the PsycINFO database was used to identify the historical figures who wrote the most journal articles during the half-century from 1890 to 1939. Although a number of the 10 most prolific authors are widely remembered for their influence on the discipline today-E. L. Thorndike, Karl Pearson, E. B. Titchener, Henri Pi6ron-the majority are mostly forgotten. The data were also separated into the 5 distinct decades. Once again, a mixture of eminent and obscure individuals made appearances. Most striking, perhaps, was the great increase in articles published over the course of the half-century-approximately doubling each decade-and the enormous turnover in who was most prolific, decade over decade. In total, 100 distinct individuals appeared across just 5 lists of about 25 names each.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0002-9556
- Volume :
- 130
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29508961
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.130.1.0105