Structural constraints and the publications dilemma: A review and some proposals

There is a critical shortage of publication space available to sociologists, compared to scholars in other fields. This results in invidious publication comparisons to other professionals and damage to the careers of younger sociologists. Further, it results in a loss to the field itself in terms of a lesser likelihood of publication of replications, challenges, and controversial or unorthodox works. Several proposals are made for increasing the publication potential of sociologists. His teaching and research interests have been in social psychology (especially alienation), the family, and the sociology of religion.