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
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Curriculum Inquiry
- Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
- Educational Researcher
- International Journal for Educational Integrity
- Journal of Curriculum Studies
- Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
- Journal of the American Revolution
- Learning and Instruction
- Reading Research and Instruction
- Review of Educational Research
- Social Education
- Social Studies and the Young Learner​
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!
