An academic paper published last year ranked School of Social Policy & Practice Professor Phyllis Solomon among the top most cited female academics in social work. Authors of the paper, entitled “Citation Impact of Women in Social Work: Exploring Gender and Research Culture” and published in the journal Research on Social Work Practice, set out to identify the high-impact female scholars in top-ranked schools of social work.

Dr. Solomon, internationally known for her research on clinical services and mental illness, came in at number 10 on an impressive list of 25 female scholars. Data analysis factored in the number of papers each scholar published, the number of times they’ve been cited, and qualitative interviews with graduates from top-ranked schools.

Last year, Dr. Solomon joined the 2015 Class of Fellows of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). Most recently, she was invited to deliver the Annual Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture last October at Oxford University. She spoke on anti-deinstitutionalization and anti-institutionalization for persons with severe mental illnesses.