Key Journals
The best way to discover articles is to search databases (try Search) – you will be searching millions of records at once. Following journal literature is an effective means of scholarship.
- AERA Open
- American Educational Research Journal
- Anxiety, Stress, and Coping
- British Journal of Health Psychology
- Counseling Psychologist
- Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
- Educational Psychology Review
- Educational Researcher
- Journal of College Counseling
- Journal of Counseling and Development
- Journal of Counseling Psychology
- Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
- Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation
- Journal of Educational Psychology
- Journal of Humanistic Counseling Education and Development
- Journal of Mental Health Counseling
- Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development
- Journal of School Counseling
- Journal of School Psychology
- Learning and Individual Differences
- Professional School Counseling
- Psychology in the Schools
- Review of Educational Research
- School Psychology Quarterly
- School Psychology Review
Tip: Journal Metrics
If you are looking for a list of the most highly cited journals in your specialty, try the Social Sciences subcategories within Google Scholar Metrics. Journals in Scholar are ranked in order of their h-5 index.
Alternatively, the impact factor metric from Clarivate Analytics is also very popular. Find journal impact factors in BU Libraries' Journal Citation Reports database.
These metrics are not the final word on research quality: in fact, many scholars say they're overvalued. There's no substitute for reading and judging for yourself!
