Comprehensive examination reading lists as indicators of scholar impact and significance

✍ Scribed by Matthew J. Giblin; Joseph A. Schafer

• Book ID: 104021396
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 199 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0047-2352
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2007.12.010

✦ Synopsis

The current study extended prior citation analyses in criminology and criminal justice by drawing upon an alternative, non-published source for inquiry-reading lists provided to PhD students to aid in their preparation for criminological theory doctoral examinations. Reading lists were analyzed and the most-cited scholars were identified using various measures. The strengths and weaknesses of this methodological approach as well as implications are discussed.