Richardson JW, McLeod S "Where should educational leadership authors publish to get noticed by the top journals in the discipline" Educational Administration Quarterly 45(4):631-639, October 2009

[Eugene Garfield]

E-Mail:  jayson.richardson at gmail.com


TITLE  :Where Should Educational Leadership Authors Publish to Get Noticed 
by the Top Journals in the Discipline? 
  
Author(s): Richardson JW (Richardson, Jayson W.)1, McLeod S (McLeod, Scott)
2  

Source: EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION QUARTERLY    Volume: 45    Issue: 4    
Pages: 631-639    Published: OCT 2009    

Times Cited: 0     References: 4     Citation Map   
   
 Abstract: 
Purpose: The current study seeks to understand which journals have been 
recently cited by scholars publishing in the field of educational 
leadership (i.e., specifically publishing in Educational Administration 
Quarterly [EAQ] and Journal of School Leadership [JSL]). 

Method: The researchers recorded the name and number of occurrences of 
journals that appeared in the bibliographies of articles published in EAQ 
and JSL from 2000 to 2007. The total counts for EAQ and JSL were combined 
to reach a final count. All journals then were rank ordered according to 
frequency. Findings: Five main findings were noted in the current study. 
First, it was found that authors who contribute to these journals tend to 
reference a different set of periodicals compared to those that professors 
of educational leadership say they actually read. Second, two of the 
leading journals (EAQ and JSL) in the field of educational leadership may 
be reaching unique audiences. Third, of the top 25 cited journals, slightly 
more than one third of the articles cited in EAQ and JSL from 2000 to 2007 
were published in those two journals. Fourth, 4 of the top 15 most cited 
journals are practitioner journals. Finally, the findings show where 
educational leadership authors should publish to get their work noticed by 
top scholars in the field. 

Conclusion: The current study adds a valuable factor influencing authors' 
choices of journals in which to publish their work: a journal's citation 
frequency. The citation patterns noted in the current article will help 
authors consider issues of spread and replicability when seeking suitable 
outlets to publish their scholarly work. 


Reprint Address: Richardson, JW (reprint author), Univ N Carolina 
Wilmington, Watson Sch Educ, Wilmington, NC USA  

Addresses: 
1. Univ N Carolina Wilmington, Watson Sch Educ, Wilmington, NC USA 
2. Iowa State Univ, UCEA, CASTLE, Iowa City, IA USA  

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 
USA  
IDS Number: 491TS  
ISSN: 0013-161X  
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X09331770  

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