''Educational Researcher'' is a

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that covers the field of

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

. The

editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

are Thurston Domina (

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

), Andrew McEachin ( NWEA), Dana Thompson Dorsey (

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States, and other campuses in St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, ...

), and Sarah Woulfin (

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

). It was established in 1972 and is published by

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on behalf of the

American Educational Research Association The American Educational Research Association (AERA, pronounced "A-E-R-A") is a professional organization representing education researchers in the United States and around the world. AERA's mission is to advance knowledge about education and ...

Mission statement

''Educational Researcher'' (''ER'') publishes scholarly articles of general significance to the education research community from various areas of education research and related disciplines. ''ER'' aims to make major programmatic research and new findings of broad importance widely accessible.
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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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and the

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. According to the ''

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'', its 2022

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is 8.2, ranking it 7th out of 268 journals in the category "Education and Educational Research".

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://journals.sagepub.com/home/edr * Education journals Journals produced by the American Educational Research Association SAGE Publishing academic journals English-language journals Academic journals established in 1972 9 times per year journals