ABSTRACT
The primary missions of the colleges and universities in the broad categories differ in kind and in their relative emphasis upon research, various kinds of creative activities, teaching at various levels, professional service, and service to their local communities. The author examines the appointment, tenure, and promotion guidelines for about 20 of 151 "Doctoral/Research-Extensive Universities". The reviews typically evaluate teaching, research, and professional and university service. In 1999, Kling and McKim proposed a framework to assess the strength of publishing within scholarly communication. Prior to their work, there did not seem to be any research to evaluate when a publication is strongly or weakly published. They examine a variety of exceptions, such as journals or documents that are accessible only to members of an institution or organization. The Kling/McKim framework explicitly defines trustworthiness, publicity, and accessibility, to assess how effectively an article or book published within the scholarly community Scholarly publishing is a complex continuum of communication places.
