Objective and Reputational Rankings of Ph.D.-Granting Departments of Sociology, 1965–1982
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7104151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David S Webster (Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City, corresponding author), Clifton F Conrad (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Eric L Jensen (0000-0003-2462-1162, University of Idaho) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-198 |
| Publication date | 1991-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0237 • E-ISSN: 2162-1128 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00380237.1988.10570977 |
| OpenAlex | W1999544431 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 3 |
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
Discipline · Elite · Epistemology · Journal ranking · Political science · Publishing · Quality (philosophy · Rank (graph theory · Ranking (information retrieval · Reputation · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Duality of departmental specializations and PhD exchange
The gap between public evaluations and interactional status in social networks
Books vs. articles
Factors in the Production of Chairs of Sociology Graduate Departments
The Institutional Structure of Eminence
Mobility and Inequality in the Professoriate
The postwar Columbia tradition in sociology
Status and Subfield
Elite versus mass sociology
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2025 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |