Goldstein, H; Maier, G. 2010. The Use and Valuation of Journals in Planning Scholarship: Peer Assessment versus Impact Factors. JOURNAL OF PLANNING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 30 (1): 66-75

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Goldstein, H; Maier, G. 2010. The Use and Valuation of Journals in Planning 
Scholarship: Peer Assessment versus Impact Factors. JOURNAL OF PLANNING 
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 30 (1): 66-75.

Author Full Name(s): Goldstein, Harvey; Maier, Gunther
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: planning journals; journal impact factors; planning scholarship
KeyWords Plus: CONTINGENT VALUATION; CITATION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL-
SCIENCES; RANKING

Abstract: A Web-based survey of faculty at all ACSP schools is used to assess 
the value peers place on various journals. The results of the survey show that 
two journals-the Journal of the American Planning Association and the Journal 
of Planning Education and Research-dominate all others in importance. The 
authors analyze the survey data to identify how the relative valuation of 
journals differs by individual faculty or institutional characteristics. The authors 
then test whether the journals' importance by peer judgment is related to 
journal impact factors. The results demonstrate clearly there is no correlation 
between the two.

Addresses: [Goldstein, Harvey] MODUL Univ Vienna, Publ Governance & 
Management Program, A-1190 Vienna, Austria; [Maier, Gunther] Vienna Univ 
Econ & Business, Dept Socioecon, Vienna, Austria

Reprint Address: Goldstein, H, MODUL Univ Vienna, Publ Governance & 
Management Program, Kahlenberg 1, A-1190 Vienna, Austria.

E-mail Address: harvey.goldstein at modul.ac.at
ISSN: 0739-456X
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X10375944
fulltext: http://jpe.sagepub.com/content/30/1/66.abstract