Submission Rates Among African-American Faculty

Abstract

Although considerable attention has been given to the publication productivity of social work faculty, less attention has been given to submission rates. Using a national sample of 264 full-time, African-American social work faculty, this study explores submission rates among social work faculty and examines the effects of gender, degree level, academic rank, tenure, and program type on manuscript submission. The results reveal that most of the manuscripts were submitted by a minority of the respondents, that about half of the respondents’ submissions were accepted, and that high submission rates were significantly associated with being male and having a doctorate. Implications of the study’s results for future research are also discussed.