IUPUI Psychology Professor Among Most Frequently Published in Field
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Professor Gary R. Bond is among the nation's most productive scholarly writers in the field of clinical psychology, according to a recent study.
In a survey of scholarly publications of almost 2,000 faculty members at 166 accredited clinical psychology PhD. Programs, researchers ranked Bond 31st in the number of published peer-reviewed journal articles. The IUPUI professor was 47th in the total number of publications, which included books, book chapters, and articles in peer-reviewed journals.
The study, titled "Top Producers of Scholarly Publications in Clinical Psychology PhD. Programs" and published last in the December 2007 edition of Journal of Clinical Psychology, measured productivity based on a tally of entries in PsycINFO, an American Psychological Association database. The APA database is considered the most comprehensive resource for author and topic searches in the psychology field.
Bond, who teaches in the Purdue School of Science at IUPUI, published 39 peer-reviewed articles from 2000 through 2004, the years that University of Kansas researchers Peter K. Stewart, Yelena P. Wu, and Michael C. Roberts studied scholarly productivity.
The purpose of the study was to use the PsycINFO citations "to identify, acknowledge, and credit those core faculty members who have made significant contributions in their quantity of scholarly publications," Steward, Wu and Roberts said. "Scholarly publications are the catalyst for advancement of the field and we applaud the efforts of those dedicated to this purpose."
Bond's work during the study period included a five-year project funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health that investigated the impact of work on nonvocational outcomes among clients with severe mental illness. The findings suggest that individuals with severe mental illness who find work in competitive environments demonstrate "higher rates of improvement in symptoms; satisfaction with vocational services, leisure and finances; and in self-esteem," than those in sheltered work arrangements. Bond was the primary author of the paper which was published in the Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology in 2001.
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