Making a Differential Difference

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Notes

1. Recent, unpublished analyses of ISI citation data (G. A. Barnett, personal communication) indicate that this situation has changed very little since Paisley's (1984) analysis was reported. For example, communication journals cite articles published in social psychology journals approximately eight times more frequently than social psychology journals cite articles appearing in communication journals.

2. The author thanks Mike Roloff for his comments on an earlier incarnation of this paper and for suggesting the role that excessive publication pressures may play in impeding theory development activity.

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Charles R. Berger

Charles R. Berger is at Department of Communication