Review of Educational Research
The Review of Educational Research (RER, quarterly, begun in 1931; approximately 640 pp./volume year) publishes critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on education. Such reviews should include conceptualizations, interpretations, and syntheses of literature and scholarly work in a field broadly relevant to education and educational research. RER encourages the submission of research relevant to education from any discipline, such as reviews of research in psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, political science, economics, computer science, statistics, anthropology, and biology, provided that the review bears on educational issues. RER does not publish original empirical research unless it is incorporated in a broader integrative review. RER will occasionally publish solicited, but carefully refereed, analytic reviews of special topics, particularly from disciplines infrequently represented.
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The Review of Educational Research publishes critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on education. Such reviews should include conceptualizations, interpretations, and syntheses of literature and scholarly work in a field broadly relevant to education and educational research. RER encourages the submission of research relevant to education from any discipline, such as reviews of research in psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, political science, economics, computer science, statistics, anthropology, and biology, provided that the review bears on educational issues. RER does not publish original empirical research, and all analyses should be incorporated in a broader integrative review. RER will occasionally publish solicited, but carefully refereed, analytic reviews of special topics, particularly from disciplines infrequently represented. The following types of manuscripts fall within the journal’s purview:
Integrative reviews pull together the existing work on an educational topic and work to understand trends in that body of scholarship. In such a review, the author describes how the issue is conceptualized within the literature, how research methods and theories have shaped the outcomes of scholarship, and what the strengths and weaknesses of the literature are. Meta-analyses are of particular interest when they are accompanied by an interpretive framework that takes the article beyond the reporting of effect sizes and the bibliographic outcome of a computer search.
Theoretical reviews should explore how theory shapes research. To the extent that research is cited and interpreted, it is in the service of the specification, explication, and illumination of a theory. Theoretical reviews and integrative reviews have many similarities, but the former are primarily about how a theory is employed to frame research and our understandings, and refer to the research as it relates to the theory.
Methodological reviews are descriptions of research design, methods, and procedures that can be employed in literature reviews or research in general. The articles should highlight the strengths and weaknesses of methodological tools and explore how methods constrain or open up opportunities for learning about educational problems. They should be written in a style that is accessible to researchers in education rather than methodologists.
Historical reviews provide analyses that situate literature in historical contexts. Within these reviews, explanations for educational phenomena are framed within the historical forces that shape language and understanding.
Commissioned reviews and thematic issues. The editors may commission and solicit authors to review areas of literature. In all other respects, commissioned reviews are subject to the same review process as submitted reviews. The editors also encourage readers to propose thematic topics for special issues and, as potential guest editors, to submit plans for such issues.
In addition to review articles, RER will occasionally publish notes and responses which are short pieces of no more than 1,200 words on any topic that would be of use to reviewers of research. Typically, they point out shortcomings and differences in interpretation in RER articles and policy.
The standards and criteria for review articles in RER are the following:
1. Quality of the Literature. Standards used to determine quality of literature in education vary greatly. Any review needs to take into account the quality of the literature and its impact on findings. Authors should attempt to review all relevant literature on a topic (e.g., international literature, cross-disciplinary work, etc.).
2. Quality of Analysis. The review should go beyond description to include analysis and critiques of theories, methods, and conclusions represented in the literature. This analysis should also examine the issue of access—which perspectives are included or excluded in a body of work? Finally, the analysis should be reflexive—how does the scholars’ framework constrain what can be known in this review?
3. Significance of the Topic. The review should seek to inform and/or illuminate questions important to the field of education. While these questions may be broad-based, they should have implications for the educational problems and issues affecting our national and global societies.
4. Impact of the Article. The review should be seen as an important contribution and tool for the many different educators dealing with the educational problems and issues confronting society.
5. Advancement of the Field. The review should validate or inform the knowledge of researchers and guide and improve the quality of their research and scholarship.
6. Style. The review must be well written and conform to style of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). Authors should avoid the use of unexplained jargon and parochialism.
7. Balance and Fairness. The review should be careful not to misrepresent the positions taken by others, or be disrespectful of contrary positions.
8. Purpose. Any review should be accessible to the broad readership of RER. The purpose of any article should be to connect the particular problem addressed by the researcher(s) to a larger context of education.
We also encourage all authors interested in submitting a manuscript to RER to read our Editorial Vision for more information on our publication aims.
| Mildred Boveda | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Karly Sarita Ford | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Erica Frankenberg | The Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Daniel D. Liou | Arizona State University, USA |
| Francesca López | The Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Sadhana Puntambekar | University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA |
| Brittany Aronson | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Laura Bofferding | Purdue University, USA |
| Elizabeth Buckner | University of Toronto, CA |
| Jennifer Chiu | University of Virginia, USA |
| Sherman Dorn | Arizona State University, USA |
| Kristen Duncan | Clemson University, USA |
| Carlton J. Fong | Texas State University, USA |
| Nichole Margarita Garcia | Rutgers University, USA |
| Elizabeth Girard | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Megan Holland Iantosca | University at Buffalo - SUNY, USA |
| Bryant Jensen | Brigham Young University, USA |
| Jameson Lopez | University of Arizona, USA |
| Tia Madkins | University of Texas, Austin, USA |
| Kate Miller | Concord Consortium, USA |
| Hillary Parkhouse | Virginia Commonwealth University, USA |
| Priya Sharma | The Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Catherina Voulgarides | The City University of New York, USA |
| Federico R. Waitoller | University of Illinois, Chicago, USA |
| Dor Abrahamson | University of California, Berkley |
| Mercy Ageypong | New York University, USA |
| Stephen J. Aguilar | University of Southern California, USA |
| Patricia Alexander | University of Maryland, USA |
| Jasmine Alvarado | Brandeis University, USA |
| Rui Alves | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| Pavlo Antonenko | University of Florida, USA |
| Alexandra Aylward | University of Nevada, Reno, USA |
| Christine Bae | Virginia Commonwealth University, USA |
| Aydin Bal | University of Wisconsin, USA |
| Michael M. Barger | University of Georgia, USA |
| Brian Belland | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Maggie Beneke | University of Washington, USA |
| Paulo Blikstein | Columbia University, USA |
| Melissa Braaten | University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| Saskias Casanova | University of California, Santa Cruz, USA |
| Bodong Chen | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng | New York University, USA |
| Moon-Heum Cho | Syracuse University, USA |
| Junghee Choi | University of Oklahoma, USA |
| Maria Cioè-Peña | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Geraldine Cochran | Ohio State University, USA |
| Julia Cohen | University of Virginia , USA |
| Alyson Collins | Texas State University, USA |
| Dionne Cross | University of North Carolina, USA |
| Rebecca Cruz | Johns Hopkins University, USA |
| Kara Dawson | University of Florida, USA |
| Amanda Dickes | Gulf of Maine Research Institute, USA |
| Jens Dietrichson | VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Research |
| Eric Dion | University of Quebec, Canada |
| Alyssa Emery | Iowa State University, USA |
| Laura Engel | George Washington University, USA |
| Susan Faircloth | Two Feathers Consulting, LLC |
| Allison Firestone | San Francisco Unified School District, USA |
| Erin Furtak | University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| Emily Fyfe | Indiana University, USA |
| Antero Garcia | Stanford University, USA |
| Gloriana Gonzalez | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Steve Graham | Arizona State University, USA |
| Jeffrey Greene | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| Kris D. Gutiérrez | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Frances Harper | University of Tennessee, USA |
| Courtney Hattan | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| Danielle Herro | Clemson University, USA |
| Daniel Hickey | Indiana University, USA |
| Traci Higgins | TERC |
| Kayla Johnson | University of Kentucky, USA |
| Brittany Jones | SUNY Buffalo, USA |
| Matthew Kelly | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Dosun Ko | Santa Clara University, USA |
| Kenneth Koedinger | Carnegie Mellon University, USA |
| Suneal Kolluri | University of California, Riverside, USA |
| Kristen Kremer | Kansas State University, USA |
| Saili S. Kulkarni | San Jose State University, USA |
| Kathryn Lanouette | William & Mary, USA |
| María Ledesma | San Jose State University, USA |
| In Heok Lee | University of Georgia, USA |
| Jihyun Lee | University of North Texas, USA |
| Li (Lee) Liang | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Roman Liera | Montclair State University, USA |
| Shengjie Lin | University of New Mexico, USA |
| Robb Lindgren | University of Illinois, USA |
| Endia Lindo | Texas Christian University, USA |
| Esther Lindström | University of Illinois, Chicago, USA |
| Beth MacDonald | Illinois State University, USA |
| Amedee Marchand Martella | University of Georgia, USA |
| Camillia Matuk | New York University, USA |
| Erica McCray | University of Florida, USA |
| Kathryn McDermott | University of Massachusets, Amherst, USA |
| Susan McKenney | University of Twente, Netherlands |
| Francine Menashy | University of Toronto, CA |
| Emma Mercier | University of Illinois, USA |
| Nicole Mirra | Rutgers University, USA |
| Katherine Muenks | University of Texas at Austin, USA |
| Laura Muñoz | University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA |
| Sahana Murthy | IIT Bombay, India |
| Joseph Nelson | Swarthmore College, USA |
| Jennifer Ng | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Justin C. Ortagus | College of Education, University of Florida, USA |
| Leigh Patel | University of Pittsburgh, USA |
| Oscar Patron | Indiana University, USA |
| Peng Peng | University of Texas-Austin, USA |
| Emily Peterson | American University, USA |
| Zoi Phillipakos | University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA |
| Joshua Polanin | American Institutes for Research, USA |
| William Proffitt | Montclair State University, USA |
| Raquel Rall | University of California, Riverside, USA |
| Ganiva Reyes | Miami University, USA |
| Rosa L. Rivera-McCutchen | CUNY-Hunter College, USA |
| Derek Rodgers | University of Iowa, USA |
| Christopher Rozek | Washington University in St. Louis, USA |
| S. Garnett Russell | Columbia University, USA |
| Marc Sager | Southern Methodist University, USA |
| Melissa Schieble | CUNY-Hunter College, USA |
| Brendan Schuetze | University of Utah, USA |
| Brian Smith | Boston College, USA |
| Lisa Smulyan | Swarthmore College, USA |
| Catherine Snow | Harvard University, USA |
| Jon Star | Harvard University, USA |
| Natasha Strassfeld | University of Texas, Austin, USA |
| Andrei Streke | Mathematica, USA |
| Iris Tabak | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel |
| Paulo Tan | University of California, Santa Cruz, USA |
| Katie Taylor | University of Washington, USA |
| Sharon Tettegah | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| Matthew A.M. Thomas | UNESCO |
| Antar Tichavakunda | University of Cincinnati, USA |
| Jessica Toste | University of Texas, Austin, USA |
| Audrey Trainor | New York University, USA |
| Trang Tran | University of Alaska Anchorage, USA |
| Tracy Arámbula Turner | University of Vermont, USA |
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| Elizabeth van Es | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| Tanner Vea | University of Washington, USA |
| Adriana Villavicencio | Texas State University, USA |
| Justice Walker | University of Maryland, College Park, USA |
| Travis Weiland | University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA |
| Andrea Weinberg | Arizona State University, USA |
| David Weintrop | University of Maryland, USA |
| Camille Wilson | University of Michigan,USA |
| Suzanne M. Wilson | University of Connecticut, USA |
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| Susan Yoon | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
1. Publication Standards
2. Submission Preparation Checklist
3. How to Get Help With the Quality of English in Your Submission
4. Copyright Information
5. For authors who use figures or other materials for which they do not own copyright
6. SAGE Choice and Open Access
The Review of Educational Research (RER) publishes comprehensive reviews of literature related to education and does not publish new empirical work, except in the context of meta-analytic reviews of an area. Please check the journal’s Aims and Scope to see if your manuscript is appropriate to submit to RER.
All manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the editorial team at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rer. For questions or inquiries about manuscripts, please contact the editors. (Inquiries regarding original manuscripts submitted before July 1, 2016 should be directed to Frank Worrell at REReditors@aera.net. Inquiries regarding original manuscripts submitted after July 1, 2016, should be directed to P. Karen Murphy, incoming editor for the 2017-2019 volume years, at REReditors@aera.net.) Manuscripts may not be submitted via e-mail.
Researchers who intend to submit studies for publication should consult the Standards for Reporting on Research in AERA Publications adopted by the AERA Council. We also recommend consulting (a) the Guidelines for Reviewers, which outline the criteria under which manuscripts are reviewed for publication by AERA and (b) recent previous editions of the journal. Individuals submitting systematic reviews or meta-analyses should also consult The PRISMA Statement (http://www.prisma-statement.org) as well the article on “Reporting Standards for Research in Psychology” in American Psychologist, 63, 839 – 851 (doi:10.1037/0003-066X.63.9.839).
Submission Preparation Checklist
When you upload your initial submission, upload (a) a separate title page that is not blinded with an Author Note based on the 6th edition of the APA Manual, (b) the main manuscript, which includes a BLINDED title page, an abstract with keywords at the bottom, and the rest of the document including tables and figures, and (c) Author Bios.
Please ensure that your manuscript complies with the document “RER Formatting Requirements and Common Formatting Errors." If your submission does not meet these requirements, it will be returned to you. Additionally, your submission should meet the following guidelines:
1. The submission has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; or an explanation has been provided in the Cover Letter. Authors should indicate in the Author Note on the separate title page if sections of the manuscript have been published in other venues.
2. THE MANUSCRIPT CONTAINS NO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, EVEN ON THE BLINDED TITLE PAGE. Please blind any work of limited circulation (e.g., in press papers, manuscripts under submission) that would point to the author, both in the body of the manuscript and the reference list. More information on blinding is described subsequently. Please double check that the author’s name has been removed from the document’s Properties, which in Microsoft Word is found in the File menu(select “File,” “Properties,” “Summary,” and remove the author’s name; select “OK” to save).
3. The text conforms to APA style (currently the 6th ed.). Consult the guidelines spelled out under “Manuscript Style, Length, and Format” on this webpage and in the RER Formatting Requirements document on the website.
4. The submission is in Microsoft Word, which will be converted into a pdf file. Please do not upload PDF files.
5. All URL addresses and dois in the manuscript (e.g., http://www.aera.net) are activated and ready to click.
6. An abstract of no more than 150 words is included (both separately and on the second page of the main document after the BLINDED title page. Please also include three to five keywords, the terms that researchers will use to find your article in indexes and databases.
For further instructions regarding manuscript style, length, and format, please review the RER Submission Guidelines.
How to Get Help With the Quality of English in Your Submission
Authors who would like to refine the use of English in their manuscripts might consider using the services of a professional English-language editing company. We highlight some of these companies at http://www.sagepub.com/journalgateway/engLang.htm.
Please be aware that SAGE has no affiliation with these companies and makes no endorsement of them. An author's use of these services in no way guarantees that his or her submission will ultimately be accepted. Any arrangement an author enters into will be exclusively between the author and the particular company, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.
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For authors who use figures or other material for which they do not own copyright:
Authors who wish to use material, such as figures or tables, for which they do not own the copyright must obtain written permission from the copyright holder (usually the publisher) and submit it along with their manuscript. (However, no written or oral permission is necessary to reproduce a table, a figure, or an excerpt of fewer than 500 words from an AERA journal.)
If you or your funder wish your article to be freely available online to nonsubscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Choice, subject to payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you are choosing SAGE Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit SAGE Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at SAGE, including self author archiving deposits (green open access) visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.