Careers in Print: Canadian Sociological Books and Their Wider Impact, 1975-1992
This paper examines the most cited books in Canadian sociology published between 1975 and 1987 as measured by the Social Science Citation Index. It contrasts books which received twenty or more citations over a five-year period from all sources (thirty-one books in all) with how many citations these...
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Published in | Canadian journal of sociology Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 469 - 485 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Edmonton
University of Alberta
22.06.2001
Canadian Journal of Sociology University of Alberta Library |
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ISSN | 0318-6431 1710-1123 |
DOI | 10.2307/3341897 |
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Summary: | This paper examines the most cited books in Canadian sociology published between 1975 and 1987 as measured by the Social Science Citation Index. It contrasts books which received twenty or more citations over a five-year period from all sources (thirty-one books in all) with how many citations these books had received in the two core Canadian anglophone sociology journals. The latter list at its upper levels was mainly oriented to feminist sociology and political economy (stratification and regionalism). The overall list was broader in its coverage of topics and the paper advances possible explanations for the difference between the two lists. Finally, the paper examines the one socio-demographic factor of sex to see whether women published highly visible books below, at or above their numbers in the sociological population. In fact women were more likely to publish (highly cited) books compared to articles in core journals. The reason is related to book publishing's receptivity to qualitative methodology. /// Cette étude porte sur les livres les plus cités entre 1975 et 1987 en sociologie canadienne selon le "Social Science Citation Index". Une comparaison est faite entre les livres qui ont reçu vingt ou plus citations sur une période de cinq ans et toute autre source (trente et un livres en tout) avec le nombre de citations que ces livres ont reçues dans les deux revues anglophones principales. La liste de ce dernier était axée sur la sociologie féministe et l'économie politique (la stratification et le régionalisme). La liste complète était plus élargit en ce qui concerne les sujets et cette étude avance quelques explications de la différence entre les deux listes. Finalement, cette étude examine le facteur socio-démographique de sexe pour déterminer si les femmes ont publié moins, autant, ou plus de livres avec un nombre important de citations. Il s'avère que les femmes étaient plus portées à publier des livres très cités que des articles dans les revues principales. C'est probablement à cause du fait que les maisons d'édition sont plus réceptives à la méthodologie qualitative. |
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ISSN: | 0318-6431 1710-1123 |
DOI: | 10.2307/3341897 |