Professional School Counseling (PSC) Publication Pattern Review: A Meta-Study of Author and Article Characteristics from the First 15 Years

Supervision of School Counseling Leadership for School Counselors in Training

“…A systematized process would necessitate a commitment to including diverse persons, communities, and contexts in its development and maintenance to ensure it meets the needs of various stakeholders and ultimately supports pre-K–12 students’ success across school–family–community systems (Wines, 2013). These assertions are further supported by Erford et al (2014), who, after conducting a meta-analysis of 15 years of content, concluded that articles in PSC on leadership and supervision remained scarce. Thus, further scholarly endeavors are warranted to facilitate and inform research, training, and practice.…”

Social justice content in counseling journals: Comparison of publication rates

“…In terms of publication metrics, a body of studies have examined individual coun-seling journals to document characteristics such as author affiliations, type of article (theoretical vs. empirical), methodology, validity and reliability standards, and so on. These meta-studies included the Journal of Mental Health Counseling (JMHC) by Menzies et al (2020); Professional School Counseling (PSC) by Erford et al (2015); the Journal of Employment Counseling by Siegler et al (2020); and the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP) by Wills et al (2022). In these studies, the topics of the journal articles were not examined.…”

“…(2020); Professional School Counseling (PSC) by Erford et al. (2015); the Journal of Employment Counseling by Siegler et al. (2020); and the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP) by Wills et al.…”

Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development author and article characteristics from 1998 to 2017

“…Quantitative reviews serve to inform readers, contributors, and editorial boards of notable trends in journal content, with special attention given to scientific and empirical research (Crockett et al., 2010). Nearly all ACA‐family journals have published quantitative publication pattern reviews, including the Journal of Counseling & Development (JCD; Arredondo et al., 2005; Blancher et al., 2010; Erford, Miller, et al., 2011; Nilsson et al., 2007), Counselor Education & Supervision (CES; Crockett et al., 2010), Adultspan (Erford, Clark, et al., 2011), Professional School Counseling (PSC; Erford et al., 2015; Falco et al., 2011), Journal of Employment Counseling (JEC; Erford, Crockett, et al., 2011), Journal for Specialists in Group Work (JSGW; Byrd et al., 2012a), Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development (MECD; Erford et al., 2010; Saks et al., 2020), Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling (Charkow & Juhnke, 2001; Juhnke et al., 2005), and Journal of Mental Health Counseling (Crockett et al., 2012).…”