June 2022
Three AERA journals are ranked in the top 20 of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), released in June. AERA’s journals are listed in the “Education and Educational Research” category, which now includes 267 peer-reviewed scholarly journals from around the world.
JCR ranked journals by their 2021 impact factor, which is the total number of 2021 citations of each journal’s 2019 and 2020 articles, divided by the journal’s total number of articles published during those two years.
For the fifth year in a row, Review of Educational Research (RER) is first in the rankings. RER’s impact factor this year, 13.551, was more than two points higher than the second-place journal. RER’s five-year impact factor is an impressive 20.558.
Also in the top 10 is Review of Research in Education (RRE), at No. 9 with an impact factor of 7.30. Educational Researcher (ER) improved in the rankings at No. 11 with a 6.3886 impact factor.
As for the other AERA journals, American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) ranked 36th, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA) ranked 61st, AERA Open ranked 70th, and the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (JEBS) was 162nd on the list of 267 journals.
JEBS also has rankings in the “Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods” (27th of 52) and the “Psychology, Mathematical” (6th of 13) categories.
2021 Journal Citation Reports: AERA Journal Rankings and Impact Factors
Journal
Ranking Out of 267
Impact Factor
Review of Educational Research (RER)
1
13.551
Review of Research in Education (RRE)
9
7.300
Educational Researcher (ER)
11
6.386
American Educational Research Journal (AERJ)
36
4.503
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA)
61
3.704
AERA Open
70
3.427
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (JEBS)
162
2.116
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