The Journal of Teacher Education is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 that publishes papers in the field of Education

Education

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. The journal's editors are Sandra J. Odell (Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Trent University

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), Elizabeth Spalding (University of Nevada

University of Nevada

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), Jian Wang (University of Nevada

University of Nevada

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), Cari L. Klecka (University of Nevada

University of Nevada

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) and Emily Lin (University of Nevada

University of Nevada

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). It has been in publication since 1950 and is currently published by SAGE Publications

SAGE Publications

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 is association with American Assn. of Colleges for Teacher Education.

Scope

The Journal of Teacher Education publishes papers on topics such as teachers for urban schools, teachers' beliefs and accreditation and certification. The journal provides a multidisciplinary forum for considering practice, policy, and research in teacher education.

Abstracting and indexing

The Journal of Teacher Education is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS

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, and the Social Sciences Citation Index

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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is 1.891, ranking it 18 out of 184 journals in the category ‘Education & Educational Research’.