The Academic Great Gatsby Curve in Philosophy
Justin Weinberg,
Aug 21, 2024
This is a really interesting post based on a recent study (7 page PDF) published by the Royal Society. It looks at the relations between journal citations in various domains, including philosophy and education, and how they're related to income inequality and social mobility in the field, which they describe as 'an academic Great Gatsby curve'. Not surprisingly, there is such a curve, and also not surprisingly, the greatest inequality is found in philosophy. Somewhat more surprising is that education ranks second to philosophy in citation inequality (though there is more social mobility). As Justin Weinberg suggests, "citation-based bibliometric indicators should be handled with care when used to assess the performance of academics."
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