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Applied Measurement in Education
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Applied Measurement in Education

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Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hame20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 1087 7 15 5
Social Sciences and Humanities 1319 8 7 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 17
Documents by Best Scientists*: 24
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 55
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.54
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Applied Measurement in Education?

Applied Measurement in Education facilitates discussions on Test (assessment), Statistics, Mathematics education, Item response theory and Econometrics. It focuses on Test (assessment) but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Social psychology and Standardized test. While work presented in Applied Measurement in Education provided substantial information on Social psychology, it also covered topics in Higher education, Cognitive psychology, Applied psychology and Clinical psychology.

It focuses on different Statistics studies like Equating, Differential item functioning, Sample size determination, Reliability (statistics) and Computerized adaptive testing. The majority of Equating studies presented zero in on Anchor test. It features Differential item functioning research that overlaps with concepts in Developmental psychology.

The studies in Mathematics education featured incorporate elements of Pedagogy and Reading (process). Item response theory research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Sampling (statistics), Context (language use), Rasch model and Item analysis. In addition to Econometrics, it tackled discussions on Scale (ratio).

  • Test (assessment) (32.29%)
  • Statistics (30.53%)
  • Mathematics education (24.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Review of Multiple-Choice Item-Writing Guidelines for Classroom Assessment (566 citations)
  • The Language Factor in Mathematics Tests (483 citations)
  • Evaluating Type I Error and Power Rates Using an Effect Size Measure With the Logistic Regression Procedure for DIF Detection (330 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Applied Measurement in Education:

The most cited articles primarily tackle Test (assessment), Statistics, Mathematics education, Item response theory and Educational assessment. Issues in Test (assessment) were discussed in the most cited articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Standardized test, Context (language use), Social psychology and Artificial intelligence. The most cited articles feature works in Statistics, more specifically Differential item functioning, Test score, Computerized adaptive testing and Reliability (statistics), and explore their relation to disciplines like Scale (ratio).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Statistics
  • Law
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Test (assessment), Protocol analysis, Mathematics education, Applied psychology and Statistics. The Test (assessment) study presented in the journal encompasses related topics like Entrance exam and also examines its connection to subjects such as Yearbook. The tackled Protocol analysis research is interrelated with Data collection which concerns subjects like Test validity and Respondent.

Formative assessment is a key component of Mathematics education research discussed in it. The concepts on Applied psychology presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Nonparametric statistics, Student learning, Non cognitive, Test taker and Anchoring. The featured works in Incremental validity and Test score, which all belong in the domain if Statistics, also overlaps with concepts under Vertical scaling and Extension (predicate logic).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Improving Test-Taking Effort in Low-Stakes Group-Based Educational Testing: A Meta-Analysis of Interventions (4 citations)
  • Bayesian Estimation and Testing of a Linear Logistic Test Model for Learning during the Test (1 citations)
  • The Effect of Peer Assessment on Non-Cognitive Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Applied Measurement in Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Steven L. Wise (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ronald K. Hambleton (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Barbara S. Plake (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kadriye Ercikan (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen G. Sireci (12 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Applied Measurement in Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pearson Education (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Nebraska–Lincoln (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Iowa (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Minnesota (13 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 18.18% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 33.33% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • The Effectiveness and Features of Formative Assessment in US K-12 Education: A Systematic Review

    Hansol Lee;Huy Q. Chung;Yu Zhang;Jamal Abedi

    (2020)
    122 Citations
  • The Trade-Off between Model Fit, Invariance, and Validity: The Case of PISA Science Assessments

    Yasmine H. El Masri;David Andrich

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • The Impact of Test-Taking Disengagement on Item Content Representation

    Steven L. Wise

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • An IRT Mixture Model for Rating Scale Confusion Associated with Negatively Worded Items in Measures of Social-Emotional Learning

    Daniel Bolt;Yang Caroline Wang;Robert H. Meyer;Libby Pier

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Performance Decline as an Indicator of Generalized Test-Taking Disengagement

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Analyzing Student Response Processes to Evaluate Success on a Technology-Based Problem-Solving Task

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Rasch Model Extensions for Enhanced Formative Assessments in MOOCs

    Dmitry Abbakumov;Piet Desmet;Wim Van den Noortgate

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Change in Engagement During Test Events: An Argument for Weighted Scoring?

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Accuracy and Sensitivity of Coefficient Alpha and Its Alternatives with Unidimensional and Contaminated Scales

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Evaluating Random and Systematic Error in Student Growth Percentiles

    Craig S. Wells;Stephen G. Sireci

    (2020)
    2 Citations

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