ABSTRACT
Quality scholarly publication is critical to the status of social work as a professional discipline. As early as 1915, Abraham Flexner asserted, “The evolution of social work toward . . . professional status can be measured by the quality of publication put forth in its name” (as cited in Sellers, Smith, Mathiesen, & Perry, 2006, p. 139). Despite the importance of scholarly publication to advancing knowledge of social work policy, practice, and education, studies of such publication in social work demonstrate unevenness in writing productivity. In essence, a relatively small group of social work scholars are very productive, whereas the larger group struggles to “do enough” (Fraser, 1994; Green, Baskind, Best, & Boyd, 1997).
