Rating of Educational and Psychological Journals

The present study was designed to assess the "reputation" or prestige value of a sample of 74 journals in the fields of education and psychology. The study attempts to provide a picture of how journal ratings vary as a function of professional interest areas. These areas correspond to the interest areas of the American Educational Research Association and are as follows: administration; curriculum and objectives; learning and instruction; measurement and research methodology; counseling and human development; history and historiography; social context of education; and school evaluation and program development. This study also attempts to compare psychologists' and educators' perceived prestige of selected journals.