This article describes a citation analysrs of the journal-article contributions of the editorial
board members of selected social work and psychology journals. Social work editorial board
members are cited by other scholars significantly less frequently than psychology journal
editorial board members. This conclusion is based on the number of times editorial board
members of selected social work and psychology journals were cited in the 1989 volume of the Social Sciences Citation Index. The implications of this finding for research on social work
practice are discussed.
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