Prestige Patterns in Scholarship and Science.

The article focuses on prestige patterns in scholarship and science. To throw some light on this question a questionnaire was recently sent to 1,275 individual chosen at random from the membership rosters of twelve different learned societies. The homogeneity of the returns was determined by the Chi square test. The sample was checked for homogeneity with respect to academic rank and section where the respondent was employed at the time he made out his questionnaire and at the time he was listed in the roster of his society. It is Interesting to note that history and economics are the only two fields in which one individual achieved a ranking frequency considerably above that of any other man listed. In every field individuals were listed prominently for their administrative ability, personal leadership in establishing schools and stimulating followers, for important offices held and for other characteristics not directly relevant to research in the limited sense.