SPSSI's Publication History: Some Facts and Reflections

Abstract

This article begins with a discussion of the functions that publications serve, and ends with speculations on the future of SPSSI's publication programs. The five main sections of the article describe the SPSSI book publishing program, separately review the history of both SPSSI‐sponsored books and SPSSI's journal publications, provide a citation analysis of the Journal of Social Issue (JSI), and comment on recurrent themes in SPSSI's publishing activities. Included in tables are lists of all SPSSI‐sponsored books, all JSI editors, the most frequent contributors to JSI, the most cited JSI articles (1965–1979), and the most cited JSI issues (1965–1979). Oriented toward academics and students, SPSSI publications have typically either focused on such social issues as prejudice and peace or been social psychological textbooks. A small set of elected SPSSI officers have played a key role in organizing and guiding the Society's publication program. The intellectual roots of JSI articles are primarily in psychology, but the journal's impact is multidisciplinary. Despite the difficulties inherent in the publishing process, JSI and SPSSI‐sponsored books have contributed greatly to SPSSI's identity and economic well‐being.

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