Thoughts and recommendations concerning impact and productivity in school psychology journals

School psychology publishing contributions to the advancement of knowledge, science, and its application: An introduction to the themed issue

“…He identifies additional considerations related to journal impact factors, number of journal outlets, citations practices, research investigations in core school psychology practices, and dissemination efforts traditionally underrepresented. Robinson (2011) provides an interesting and cautionary discussion on the use of traditional methods for assessing scholarly impact. He also raises key questions regarding science in the field of school psychology and challenges the field to conduct additional investigations of research productivity and impact that include additional characteristics.…”