Educational Leadership

Most of the time, your professor will recommend that you cite peer-reviewed journal articles in your papers and assignments.  

Peer-reviewed journals are a type of scholarly publication.  Experts have reviewed the individual articles in the journal before publication, so they have greater credibility than a popular publication.  Watch the following video to find out how to identify a scholarly publication. 

• Popular vs. Scholarly Publications

A research study is a type of peer-reviewed journal article. See the PowerPoint, "What is a research study?" on this page for more information. 

The AERA SIG Communication of Research has created links to open access electronic journals related to Education. Journals are scholarly and peer-reviewed and full text. 

Open Access Journals in the Field of Education

To access these and many other single journals, search for the title in Eagle Search.  Each journal record will indicate if the journal is peer-reviewed, if that is a requirement of your paper or assignment. 

• American Educational Research Journal. American Educational Research Association.
• American School Board Journal.  Bruce Publishing Company
• American Journal of Evaluation Sage Publications
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Current Issues in Education
• Educational Administration Quarterly.  Sage Publications
• Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.  American Educational Research Association.
• Educational Research  
• Equity and Excellence in Education
• Exceptional Children. Council for Exceptional Children
• Harvard Educational Review 
• International Journal of Educational Management. Bradford, England: MCB University Press.
• Journal of Applied Psychology American Psychological Association
• Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership
• Journal of Education Finance
• Journal of Educational Administration. Bradford, England: MCB University Press.
• Journal of Educational Change. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• Journal of Educational Research. Heldref Publications.
• Journal of Experiential Education
• Journal of Higher Education
• Journal of School Leadership. Technomic Pub. Co.
• NASSP Bulletin. National Association of Secondary School Principals. Ceased publication in 2015.
• National Civic Review.  National Municipal League
• National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision.  Periodicals LB2805.N424  Click here for recent articles.
• Peabody Journal of Education.  L. Erlbaum Associates
• Public Administration Review.  American Society for Public Administration
• Public Manager.   The Bureaucrat, Inc
• Review of Higher Education.  Johns Hopkins University Press
• Review of Educational Research. American Educational Research Association
• Review of Research in Education. American Educational Research Association.
• The School Administrator. American Association of School Administrators.
• School Effectiveness and School Improvement. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger.
• School Leadership & Management. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA: Carfax Pub. Co..
• School Planning & Management. Dayton, OH: Peter Li, Inc.
• Sociology of Education.  American Sociological Association
• Teachers College Record
• Urban Education. Sage Publications