Saturday, December 20, 2008

Ranking higher education journals

The paper, "Status of journals in the field of higher education," by Bray and Majors was recently presented at ASHE. The research questions they addressed were:

1. Which journals do higher education faculty consider to be the top five in the field?
2. In which tiers do higher education faculty believe that specific journals fall?
3. With which journals do higher education faculty members exhibit the most familiarity?
4. Which journals do higher education faculty read the most frequently?
5. Which journals do higher education faculty cite the most frequently?
6. Using a weighted average of faculty perceptions of prestige and their knowledge and use of journals, into which tiers do specific higher education journals fall?

I'll be happy to send you a copy of the paper if you're interested.

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