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Leadership Awards Publications Resources Membership About Journals in Assessment, Evaluation, Measurement, Psychometrics and Statistics Compiled by (mailto:[email protected]) Lihshing Leigh Wang (mailto:[email protected]) , Chair of APA Division 5 Public and International Affairs Committee. Journal Association/ Scope and Aims (Adapted from journals' mission Impact Publisher statements) Factor* American Journal of Evaluation (http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav? American Explores decisions and challenges related to prodId=Journal201729) Evaluation conceptualizing, designing and conducting 1.16 Association/Sage evaluations. Offers original articles about the methods, theory, ethics, politics, and practice of evaluation. Features broad, multidisciplinary perspectives on issues in evaluation relevant to education, public administration, behavioral sciences, human services, health sciences, sociology, criminology and other disciplines and professional practice fields. The American Statistician (http://amstat.tandfonline.com/loi/tas#.Vk-A2dKrRpg) American Publishes general-interest articles about current 0.98^ Statistical national and international statistical problems and Association programs, interesting and fun articles of a general nature about statistics and its applications, and the teaching of statistics. Applied Measurement in Education (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08957347.asp) Taylor & Francis Because interaction between the domains of 0.33 research and application is critical to the evaluation and improvement of new educational measurement practices, the journal’s prime objective is to improve communication between academicians and practitioners. To help bridge the gap between theory and practice, articles in this journal describe original research studies, innovative strategies for solving educational measurement problems, and integrative reviews of current approaches to contemporary measurement issues. Applied Psychological Measurement (http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal200934) Sage Cutting-edge methodologies and related empirical 1.14 research in educational, organizational, industrial, social and clinical settings, including brief reports of exploratory, small-sample, or replication studies; computer program reviews of commercially available software packages used in applied measurement; book reviews of important new publications; announcements of statistical and measurement meetings, symposia and workshops. Assessment (http://intl-asm.sagepub.com/) Sage Applied clinical assessment, with an emphasis on 2.338 information relevant to the use of assessment measures, including test development, validation, and interpretation practices. Articles cover the assessment of cognitive and neuropsychological functioning, personality, and psychopathology, as well as empirical assessment of clinically relevant phenomena, such as behaviors, personality characteristics, and diagnoses. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education Taylor & Francis Publishes papers and reports on all aspects of (Not (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02602938.asp) assessment and evaluation within higher education. available) Its purpose is to advance understanding of assessment and evaluation practices and processes, particularly the contribution that these make to student learning and to course, staff and institutional development. Welcomes research-based, reflective or theoretical studies which help to illuminate the practice of assessment and evaluation in higher education. The journal is aimed at all higher education practitioners, irrespective of discipline. Assessment for Effective Intervention (http://aei.sagepub.com/) Sage Provides critical analysis of practitioner-developed (Not assessment procedures, as well as papers that available) focus on published tests. Features articles that describe the relationship between assessment and instruction, introduce innovative assessment strategies; outline diagnostic procedures; analyze relationships between existing instruments; and review assessment techniques, strategies, and instrumentation. Behavior Research Methods (http://www.springerlink.com/content/1554-351x/) Psychonomic Methods, techniques, and instrumentation of 2.40 Society/Springer research in experimental psychology. The journal focuses particularly on the use of computer technology in psychological research. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology The British Articles relating to areas of psychology which have a 1.42 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)2044-8317) Psychological greater mathematical or statistical aspect of their Society/Wiley argument than is usually acceptable to other journals. Include articles that address substantive psychological issues or that develop and extend techniques useful to psychologists. New models for psychological processes, new approaches to existing data, critiques of existing models and improved algorithms for estimating the parameters of a model are examples of articles which may be favoured. Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Accountability Springer Publishes a wide array of articles aimed at exploring (Not (http://www.springerlink.com/content/1874-8597/) "current issues in the evaluation of teacher and available) administrator performance." Many articles are reports of research including instrument validation studies, other articles are more conceptual. Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis (http://epa.sagepub.com/) Sage Publishes scholarly articles of theoretical, 1.92 methodological, or policy interest to those engaged in educational policy analysis, evaluation, and decision making. It is a multidisciplinary policy journal and considers original research from multiple disciplines, theoretical orientations, and methodologies. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp? NCME/Wiley Articles that illuminate issues in educational 0.78 ref=0731-1745) measurement and inform the practice of educational measurement. Aimed at practitioners and users of tests and includes information about proven practices in testing, news of interest to the educational measurement community, and organizational news of the NCME. Addresses a broad public that includes NCME members, school personnel, other professional educators, legislators, and interested citizens. Its primary purpose is to promote a better understanding of and reasoned debate on timely measurement issues of practical importance to educators and the public. Educational and Psychological Measurement (http://epm.sagepub.com/) Sage Refereed scholarly work from all academic 0.83 disciplines interested in the study of measurement theory, problems, and issues. Theoretical articles address new developments and techniques, and applied articles deal with innovation applications. European Journal of Psychological Assessment European (http://www.hogrefe.com/periodicals/european-journal-of-psychological-assessment/about-the- Association of Articles which provide seminal information on both 1.82 journal-the-editors/) Psychological theoretical and applied developments in this field. Assessment/ Articles reporting the construction of new measures Hogrefe or an advancement of an existing measure are given priority. The journal is directed to practitioners as well as to academicians: The conviction of its editors is that the discipline of psychological assessment should, necessarily and firmly, be attached to the roots of psychological science, while going deeply into all the consequences of its applied, practice- oriented development. Evaluation (http://evi.sagepub.com/) Sage Publishes multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and (Not issue-based contributions from across the social available) sciences and related disciplines, including, but not limited to: politics, economics and public administration; psychology, sociology and anthropology; education, health and law; information science and information technology. Evaluation Review (http://erx.sagepub.com/) Sage Brings together the latest applied evaluation 0.84 methods used in a wide range of disciplines; presents the latest quantitative and qualitative methodological developments, as well as related applied research issues. Evaluation & the Health Professions (http://ehp.sagepub.com/) Sage Provides health-related professionals with state-of- 1.21 the-art methodological, measurement, and statistical tools for conceptualizing the etiology of health promotion and problems, and developing, implementing, and evaluating health programs, teaching and training services, and products that pertain to a myriad of health dimensions. Evaluation and Program Planning Elsevier The primary goals of the journal are to assist 0.71 (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/593/description#description) evaluators and planners to improve the practice of their professions, to develop their skills and to improve their knowledge base. Reports on individual evaluations should include presentation of the evaluation setting, design, analysis and results. Because of our focus and philosophy, however, we also want a specific section devoted to "lessons learned". This section should contain advice to other evaluators about how you would have acted differently if you could do it all over again. The advice may involve methodology, how the evaluation was implemented or conducted, evaluation utilization tactics, or any other wisdom that you think could benefit your colleagues. More general articles should provide information