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Post by rrr on Jan 5, 2012 11:58:44 GMT -5
This question came up on another thread, so I am making a poll because I am interested in this trend.
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OneofthemanyR1Profs
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Post by OneofthemanyR1Profs on Jan 5, 2012 18:07:58 GMT -5
I'm not registered, but my vote is for 'yes'
That said, a great book will, IMO, trump three or four top pubs, but the percentage of great books to complete shit is pretty lopsided in favor of shit, and the time to produce a book (from what I've seen, at least) is a much longer process than producing an 'equivalent' (3-4?) number of top tier pubs. So, you're really in a high risk/high reward game when you go for books, because if it flops, you're out of a lot of work, compared to a single flop of an article.
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Post by rrr on Jan 6, 2012 9:09:20 GMT -5
^Excellent point, and exactly why I am asking.
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Post by count on Jan 6, 2012 9:31:07 GMT -5
The other thing to keep in mind is really what department you are in. Some departments are book departments, some are article departments. There are some departments where books don't count towards tenure. At all. No matter the press. So obviously you don't want to spend your time on a book in that type of department.
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Post by smashthestate on Jan 10, 2012 22:14:48 GMT -5
My teaching college is excited about any sort of publication, so distinctions are so important. Other departments value articles a bit more than books for several reasons. Articles are sometimes perceived as having greater rigor in the "blind reviewed" process and books might be written more for the "general public" rather than other academics.
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