학술논문
Special Education Google Scholar Metrics to Facilitate Career Development and Advance Impact
Document Type
Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Reports - Research
Author
Giangreco, Michael F. (ORCID 0000-0002-7165-0217 ); Garvey, Jason C. (ORCID 0000-0003-1167-9090 ); DeSanto, Daniel (ORCID 0000-0002-7318-0079 ); Suter, Jesse C. (ORCID 0000-0001-6136-1297 )
Source
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0022-4669
1538-4764
1538-4764
Abstract
Author-level bibliometrics are one way to measure scholarly contributions. Such metrics are often calculated from journals indexed in the "Web of Science™. Google Scholar" more comprehensively reflects the contributions of special education scholars by including many more social science and education journals. The current study analyzed 348 publicly available "Google Scholar" profiles of special education faculty at 213 U.S. universities to explore currently available measures (i.e., citation counts, h-index, i10-index). Using descriptive statistics, quartile distributions, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), we identified several significant differences across variables based on academic rank and Carnegie classification with medium to large effect sizes. Currently reported metrics (i.e., citation counts, h-index, i10-index) advantaged scholars with higher academic rank and those working at universities with a greater amount of research activity. Suggestions are offered to support career development.