Research versus educational practice: positioning the European Journal of Engineering Education

Erik de Graaff

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Abstract

Over the past years, the European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE), the journal of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) developed as a more research oriented journal. Bibliometric analyses show that EJEE keeps pace with other leading journals in the field of Engineering Education in most respects. EJEE serves a worldwide audience with about as many contributions from Europe as from other parts of the world. Yet, the impact factor of the journal calculated according to the formula of Thomson's ISI Web of Science seems to be lagging behind. As an explanation for this phenomenon, it is argued that EJEE keeps on publishing papers that are appreciated by practitioners in the field, even if they do not generate a lot of citations in scientific journals.
Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Journal of Engineering Education
Volume31
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
ISSN0304-3797
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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