LibGuides: Graduate Education: Journals for Specific Subjects

When to Use Specific Journals

We usually recommend searching subject-specific databases like Education Source or ERIC. These contains thousands of individual articles from hundreds of education-related journals.

However, sometimes it's helpful to browse through one journal at a time. This can help you get an idea of what topics are trending in a very specific academic field.

This page lists essential journals for different areas of educational research.

Journals for Early Childhood Education

Childhood Education "In publication since 1924, Childhood Education is published six times per academic year. The annual volume includes an annual theme issue and an international theme issue. This award winning journal features authoritative articles about innovative classroom practices, vital issues affecting education, children and families; child growth and development theory; hands-on classroom activities; reviews of new children's books, videos, software and professional resources."
Children's Literature in Education "Children's Literature in Education has been a key source of articles on all aspects of children?s literature for almost 40 years. It covers classic and contemporary material, the highbrow and the popular, and ranges across works for infants through to material for young adults. CLE is a peer-reviewed journal covering children's literature worldwide, suitable for professionals in the field (academics, librarians, teachers) and any other interested adults."
Early Childhood Education Journal "Early Childhood Education Journal analyzes issues, trends, policies, and practices for early childhood education from birth through age eight. In addition, the journal offers well documented points of view and practical recommendations. Peer reviewed articles cover curriculum, child care programs, administration, staff development, family-school relationships, equity issues, multicultural units, health nutrition, facilities, special needs, employer sponsored care, infant/toddler programs, child development, advocacy, and more."
Early Education and Development "Early Education and Development is a professional journal for those involved in educational and preschool services and research related to children and their families. It is designed to emphasize the implications for practice of research and solid scientific information. All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous referees."
International Journal of Early Childhood "The International Journal of Early Childhood is the peer-reviewed journal of OMEP: l'Organisation Mondiale pour l'Education Préscolaire, whose membership numbers some 2,000 people in 70 countries around the globe. The journal is an important voice about research on children, childhood and early childhood education across various social and cultural contexts and highly contributes to the international debate on early education."
Journal of Research in Childhood Education "The Journal of Research in Childhood Education, a publication of the Association for Childhood Education International, features articles that advance knowledge and theory of the education of children, infancy through early adolescence. Consideration is given to reports of empirical research, theoretical articles, ethnographic and case studies, participant observation studies, and studies deriving data collected from naturalistic settings. The journal includes cross-cultural studies and those addressing international concerns."
Reading Research Quarterly
Science & Children "Science and Children is a professional journal for the teacher, principal, and supervisor concerned with the teaching of science at the elementary level. It covers the topics and teaching techniques that K–5 teachers care about most."
Social Studies and the Young Learner "Social Studies and the Young Learner is a journal which meets teachers' needs for new information and creative teaching activities. The teaching techniques presented are designed to stimulate the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills vital to classroom success."
YC: Young Children "Young Children is an award-winning, peer-reviewed professional journal published bimonthly by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Young Children issues are organized around topical clusters that devote special attention to issues in the field of early childhood education."

Journals for Middle Grade Education

American Secondary Education "Founded in 1970, American Secondary Education is a refereed journal emphasizing secondary education theory and practice. ASE is a distinctive journal because it specifically serves those involved in public and private secondary education: administrators, teachers, and others. It is one of the few scholarly journals that examines current issues in secondary education."
Journal of Secondary Gifted Education "The Journal of Secondary Gifted Education underwent a title change in 2006. With the publication of Volume 17, Number 4, the journal’s title was change to the Journal of Advanced Academics."
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School "Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (MTMS) is an official peer-reviewed journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and is intended as a resource for middle school students, teachers, and teacher educators. The focus of the journal is on intuitive, exploratory investigations that use informal reasoning to help students develop a strong conceptual basis that leads to greater mathematical abstraction."
Middle School Journal "Middle School Journal, a refereed journal, is an official publication and membership benefit of National Middle School Association. The journal offers articles that promote quality middle level education and contribute to an understanding of the educational and developmental needs of youth between the ages of 10 and 15."
Principal Leadership (Middle Level ed.) "Principal Leadership magazine focuses on school leaders' real needs, offering them practical, hands-on strategies for improving their schools in a constantly evolving educational environment."
Research in Middle Level Education Online "Research in Middle Level Education Online (RMLE Online) is an international peer-reviewed research journal published by National Middle School Association. The journal publishes quantitative and qualitative studies, case studies, action research studies, research syntheses, integrative reviews, and interpretations of research literature."
Science Scope "NSTA’s peer-reviewed journal for middle level and junior high school science teachers."
Voices from the Middle "Voices from the Middle offers articles on research and best practices in middle level reading, writing, speaking, and listening in the visual and language arts. Our mission is to be the cornerstone for the ongoing professional development of language arts educators."

Journals for Secondary Education

American Secondary Education "Founded in 1970, American Secondary Education is a refereed journal emphasizing secondary education theory and practice. ASE is a distinctive journal because it specifically serves those involved in public and private secondary education: administrators, teachers, and others. It is one of the few scholarly journals that examines current issues in secondary education."
Clearing House Peer reviewed articles reporting on useful practices, research findings and experiments, opinion on controversial issues, satirical articles and poems related to education for middle level and high school teachers and administrators.
English Journal A peer reviewed publication of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), featuring articles for junior & high school teachers of English and Language Arts.
High School Journal This peer reviewed publication seeks to further the reflective examination of the broad field of secondary education by reporting research, informed opinion, and occassionally, successful practices.
History Teacher A peer reviewed publication devoted to the teaching of history in the secondary and higher education classroom.
Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy Peer-reviewed, intended as an open forum for the literacy and language arts education of older learners. Goals are to encourage innovative ways of teaching and studying literacy and to address problems faced by educators.
Journal of Secondary Gifted Education "The Journal of Secondary Gifted Education underwent a title change in 2006. With the publication of Volume 17, Number 4, the journal’s title was change to the Journal of Advanced Academics."
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School "Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (MTMS) is an official peer-reviewed journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and is intended as a resource for middle school students, teachers, and teacher educators. The focus of the journal is on intuitive, exploratory investigations that use informal reasoning to help students develop a strong conceptual basis that leads to greater mathematical abstraction."
Middle School Journal "Middle School Journal, a refereed journal, is an official publication and membership benefit of National Middle School Association. The journal offers articles that promote quality middle level education and contribute to an understanding of the educational and developmental needs of youth between the ages of 10 and 15."
Principal Leadership (Middle Level ed.) "Principal Leadership magazine focuses on school leaders' real needs, offering them practical, hands-on strategies for improving their schools in a constantly evolving educational environment."
Research in Middle Level Education Online "Research in Middle Level Education Online (RMLE Online) is an international peer-reviewed research journal published by National Middle School Association. The journal publishes quantitative and qualitative studies, case studies, action research studies, research syntheses, integrative reviews, and interpretations of research literature."

Journals for Higher Education

Chronicle of Higher Education
Journal of Higher Education "Founded in 1930, The Journal of Higher Education publishes original research reporting on the academic study of higher education as a broad enterprise."
Review of Higher Education "The Review of Higher Education provides a forum for discussion of varied issues affecting higher education. The journal advances the study of college- and university-related topics through peer-reviewed articles, essays, reviews and research findings, and by emphasizing systematic inquiry--both quantitative and qualitative--and practical implications. Considered one of the leading research journals in the field, The Review keeps scholars, academic leaders, and public policymakers abreast of critical issues facing higher education today. The Review of Higher Education is the official journal of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)."
Research in Higher Education "Research in Higher Education publishes studies that examine issues pertaining to postsecondary education. The journal is open to studies using a wide range of methods, but has particular interest in studies that apply advanced quantitative research methods to issues in postsecondary education or address postsecondary education policy issues. Among the topics of interest to the journal are: access and retention; student success; equity; faculty issues; institutional productivity and assessment; postsecondary education governance; curriculum and instruction; state and federal higher education policy; and financing of postsecondary education."

Education Week

Education Week
Weekly trade publication with breaking news, analysis, and opinion on K-12 education issues affecting school and district leaders, teachers, policymakers, and ed-tech professionals.

Journals for Educational Research in General

Journals for Special Education

Direct links to a few of the essential journals for special education. For more comprehensive information, search the databases above.

British Journal of Special Education "The British Journal of Special Education is concerned with a wide range of special educational needs, and covers all levels of education pre-school, school, and post-school. This well-established and respected journal covers the whole range of learning difficulties relating to children in mainstream and special schools."
European Journal of Special Needs Education "The European Journal of Special Needs Education reflects the dynamic growth of the theory and practice of special needs education as it is emerging worldwide. Written for teachers and researchers it provides a forum for reporting and reviewing scholarly research and significant developments in the field of special educational needs."
Exceptional Children "This peer-review journal publishes original research on the education and development of toddlers, infants, children, and youth with exceptionalities and articles on professional issues of concern to special educators. EC is an official quarterly publication of the Council for Exceptional Children."
Exceptionality "The purpose of Exceptionality is to provide a forum for the presentation of current research and professional scholarship in special education. Areas of scholarship published in the journal include quantitative, qualitative, and single-subject research designs examining students and persons with exceptionalities, as well as reviews of the literature, discussion pieces, invited works, position papers, theoretical papers, policy analyses, and research syntheses."
Journal of Learning Disabilities "Journal of Learning Disabilities provides specials series (in-depth coverage of topics in the field, such as mathematics, sciences and the learning disabilities field as discursive practice), feature articles (extensive literature reviews, theoretical papers, and position papers), research articles (reports of qualitative and quantitative empirical research), and intervention articles (overviews of successful interventions)."
Journal of Special Education "The Journal of Special Education provides research articles and scholarly reviews on special education for individuals with mild to severe disabilities. The journal publishes traditional, ethnographic, and single-subject research; intervention studies, integrative reviews on timely issues, and critical commentaries; and special thematic issues."
Journal of Special Education Technology "JSET is a refereed professional journal that presents up-to-date information and opinions about Issues, research, policy, and practice related to the use of technology in the field of special education. JSET supports the publication of research and development activities, provides technological information and resources, and presents important information and discussion concerning important Issues in the field of special education technology to scholars, teacher educators, and practitioners."
Remedial and Special Education "Remedial and Special Education offers interdisciplinary articles that bridge the gap between theory and practice involving the education of individuals for whom typical instruction is not effective. Articles include topical reviews, syntheses of research, field evaluation studies, and recommendations for practice of remedial and special education."

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