Non-white scholars are underrepresented in scholarly articles in communications
New York, NY - Non-White scholars continue to be underrepresented in publication rates, citation rates, and editorial positions in communications and media studies, finds a new study by NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and published in the Journal of Communication . To explore the racial make-up of cited scholars within the field of communications, the study's researchers analyzed the racial composition of primary authors of both articles and citations in research journals between 1990-2016. The data looks at publication and citation rates within the National...