RODGERS, Robert <br/><br/>
Defining the boundaries of public administration :  undisciplined mongrels versus disciplined purists 

 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Publishers,  sep./oct.2000 
<br/><br/> "Undisciplined mongrels" are faculty from public administration programs who publish in a wide variety of journals . We expected that disciplined mongrels would have more successful publishing records than their counterparts - "disciplined purists" who publish exclusively in public administration journals . This expectation is supported through an analysis of journal publications by a panel of 91 junior faculty members. We also expected that the methods that are currently used to rank public administration programs would discard a massive body of publication activity by public administration faculty. This expectation is also soundly supported . Findings indicate that from 1990 through 1997, a scant 18 percent of the articles published by the faculty panel were publushed in the highly selective set of 11 journals that are currently used to rank public administration programs