Objective and Reputational Rankings of Ph.D.-Granting Departments of Sociology, 1965–1982

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7104151
AutoresDavid S Webster (Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City, autor correspondente), Clifton F Conrad (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Eric L Jensen (0000-0003-2462-1162, University of Idaho)
Ano1991
Volume21
Fascículo2
Páginas177-198
Data de publicação1991-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Focus (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0237 • E-ISSN: 2162-1128
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00380237.1988.10570977
OpenAlexW1999544431
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas3

From its inception in 1965 until 1975 when it stopped publishing such studies, The American Sociologist (TAS) published numerous quality rankings of Ph.D.-granting sociology departments and several articles that compared different rankings. During these years TAS published far more rankings of sociology departments than did any other journal This article reviews these studies as well as the rankings of sociology departments found in three major multi-disciplinary rankings (Cartter, 1966; Roose and Andersen, 1970; Jones, Lindzey, and Coggeshall, 1982). It discusses the major methodological approaches used in these studies and reviews the debate among scholars regarding the most appropriate ways to rank departments. An analysis of the various objective and subjective rankings reveals that there is an elite group of seven departments that consistently rank at the top regardless of the ranking method employed

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