Abstract
Objective: According to a prior study, there are substantial lapses in journal coverage in the Social Work Abstracts (SWA) database. The current study provides a replication and extension. Method: The longitudinal pattern of coverage of thirty-three journals categorized in SWA as core journals (published in the 1989-1996 period) is examined. Results: The proportion of issues missing from SWA is significantly greater than 0, increase over time, and is significantly biased in favor of NASW journals. Conclusion: The errors in SWA reported here, combined with those previously reported, will exert a long-term negative impact on scholarship unless their existence becomes known to all SWA users and they take steps to compensate for the situation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 715-721 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Research on Social Work Practice |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2009 |
Keywords
- Bibliometric database
- Empirically based practice
- Evidence-based practice
- Evidence-supported interventions
- Impact factor score
- Literature review
- Meta-analysis
- NASW
- NASW Press
- Research synthesis
- Scholarship
- Social Work Abstracts
- Systematic review
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Sociology and Political Science
- General Psychology