The hypothesis that authors from highly ranked institutions may publish significantly more articles than their colleagues from lesser ranked institutions was evaluated. An examination of a mainstream psychology journal for a 2-yr. period indicated that this may not necessarily be so and that authors from middle-ranked institutions may indeed be those who publish a great deal.
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