Who Publishes in Top-Tier Library Science Journals? An Analysis by Faculty Status and Tenure

Quinn Galbraith is Human Resources/Training & Development Manager, Elizabeth Smart is Scholarly Communications Librarian, Sara D. Smith is Graduate Research Assistant, and Megan Reed is Research Assistant in Lee Library at Brigham Young University; e-mails: [email protected], elizabeth_smart@ byu.edu, [email protected], and [email protected]. ©2014 Quinn Galbraith, Elizabeth Smart, Sara D. Smith, and Megan Reed, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0/) CC BY-NC This study analyzes the status and background of authors publishing in high-impact library science journals. Twenty-three high-impact journals were selected in this study by both quantitative and qualitative measures, while the analysis of author background focuses on whether the author holds a faculty status position with a tenure track. This study finds that 76% of academic librarians publishing in top-tier library science journals have faculty status.