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Publication Date: 2022-Jun
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A Historical Review and Analysis of Impact Factors across School Psychology Journals from 1977 to 2019
Floyd, Randy G.; Lewis, Emily K.; Walker, Kelsey A.; McNicholas, Patrick J.; Jones, Kerry L.
Canadian Journal of School Psychology, v37 n2 p139-159 Jun 2022
School psychology journals yield hundreds of articles each year. As these journals are often evaluated based on the impact factors they produce, the aim of this study was to provide a historically complete record of the five impact factor values for the generalist school psychology journals that yield them. This study identified impact factors beginning in 1977, 20 years earlier than previously reported, and ending in 2019. Across all years and journals, the average Journal Impact Factor (JIF) was about 1.0, the average Immediacy Index was less than 0.4, the average 5-year Impact Factor was about 2.3, the average original CiteScore was 1.8, and the average new CiteScore was about 3.0. Increases in values were evident across time, and the highest recorded values across journals are held by the "Journal of School Psychology" (for the JIF, 5-year Impact Factor, and both CiteScore metrics) and "School Psychology Review" (for the Immediacy Index). Most impact factors, with the exception of the Immediacy Index, were moderately to highly correlated. The new CiteScore values were always the highest, and Immediacy Index values were always the lowest. School psychology has added journals to the list of those indexed by major databases, and these journals have increased their impact over time.
Descriptors: School Psychology, Periodicals, Educational Research, Journal Articles, Citations (References)
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