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Review of Research in Education
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Review of Research in Education

0091-732X

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/rre

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1316 8 8 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 27
Documents by Best Scientists*: 22
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 81
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.965
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Review of Research in Education?

Review of Research in Education is organized to address concerns in the fields of Pedagogy, Mathematics education, Educational research, Social science and Gender studies. Presentations on Pedagogy include those discussing Teacher education, Literacy, Academic achievement, Teaching method and Curriculum. In particular, the Mathematics education works presented emphasize discussions on Experiential learning.

Most of the Social science studies addressed also intersect with Politics.

  • Pedagogy (33.82%)
  • Mathematics education (21.10%)
  • Educational research (15.30%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Identity as an analytic lens for research in education (2129 citations)
  • Relationships of Knowledge and Practice: Teacher Learning in Communities (1647 citations)
  • Chapter 6 : Teacher Learning and the Acquisition of Professional Knowledge: An Examination of Research on Contemporary Professlonal Development (1161 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Review of Research in Education:

Pedagogy, Mathematics education, Educational research, Social science and Teaching method are the main subjects of interest in the journal articles. The Pedagogy study tackled in the most cited papers is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Critical race theory. The works on Mathematics education tackled in the most cited articles bring together disciplines like Mainstream and Critical theory.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Education

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Review of Research in Education focuses on Quality (business), Research evidence, Engineering ethics, Public relations and Medical education. The study on Quality (business) presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Education policy. Review of Research in Education held discussions to help close the divide between the fields of Research evidence and Actuarial science and Marketing.

Engineering ethics research featured in Review of Research in Education incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Psychological intervention, Blueprint and Positive Youth Development. Aside from research in Public relations, Review of Research in Education also discusses topics such as Perspective (graphical) and Framing (construction). It facilitates discussions on Medical education that incorporate concepts from other fields like Educational interventions, Qualitative research and Personalized learning.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Appraising Evidence Claims (2 citations)
  • Evidence-Based Practices in Deaf Education: A Call to Center Research and Evaluation on the Experiences of Deaf People: (1 citations)
  • Understanding Disability: High-Quality Evidence in Research on Special Education Disproportionality: (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 Review of Research in Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Judith L. Green (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anthony S. Bryk (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Allan Luke (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert Glaser (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gustavo E. Fischman (4 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 Review of Research in Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Los Angeles (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Michigan State University (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Columbia University (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (19 papers) absent at the last 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, 7.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 30.77% of all publications and 53.85% 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.

Career Opportunities and Future Directions

Research in education goes beyond mere theory. It lays the foundation for practical initiatives, impacting the methods applied by policy makers and educators. Unveiling new strategies, tackling existing issues, and conducting in-depth studies are all part of a researcher's job.

Many researchers in this domain have chosen to specialize in specific areas such as pedagogy, mathematics education, or social science. Others opt for roles as educators or policy makers, where they can directly implement their research findings. For example, some become marriage and family therapists, where a solid understanding of educational research has proven key to succeed. If you're interested in this particular path, you can learn more about it on our page about how to become a marriage and family therapist in Maryland.

As technology continues to evolve, so too will research methods, creating new paths for analysis and exploration. Emerging topics such as personalized learning, virtual reality application in classrooms, and AI-generated curriculum are just glimpses of the potential directions this field can take. Nurturing a curiosity-driven mindset and the ability to monitor trends will enable researchers to stay at the forefront of their work.

As every study in the educational field ripples out to affect real lives and societal development, the importance of this research field cannot be overstayed. By dedicating your career to research in education, you're not just joining a field; you're influencing the future of education and, by extension, society as a whole.

Top Publications

  • Mining Big Data in Education: Affordances and Challenges:

    Christian Fischer;Zachary A. Pardos;Ryan Shaun Baker;Joseph Jay Williams

    (2020)
    381 Citations
  • Studying the Over-Time Construction of Knowledge in Educational Settings: A Microethnographic Discourse Analysis Approach:

    Judith L. Green;W. Douglas Baker;Monaliza Maximo Chian;Carmen Vanderhoof

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Toward Just and Sustainable Futures: Human Learning and Relationality Within Socio-Ecological Systems

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Democratizing Creative Early Educational Experiences: A Matter of Racial Justice

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Disability as an Afterthought: Probing the Invisibility of Ability Differences in Interdisciplinary Advances in Learning

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • When Learning Is Made Consequential: A Methodological Note on Repertoires

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Introduction to Methodological Frameworks

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Supporting Civic Reasoning, Discourse, and Problem Solving That Is Political Without Being Partisan

    (2023)
    0 Citations

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