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The Journal of Higher Education
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Among the 46 education journals in this index it has the 2nd highest h-index and the 27th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 98% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Higher Education Research Studies | 34% |
| Critical Race Theory in Education | 19% |
| Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions | 4% |
| Higher Education Governance and Development | 3% |
| Disability Education and Employment | 3% |
| International Student and Expatriate Challenges | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- “We’re on Our Own Out Here”: Faculty Member Responses to Legislative Threats to Academic Freedom and Scholarship on Race (2025, 38 citations)
- Advancing a Framework of Racialized Administrative Burdens in Higher Education Policy (2023, 31 citations)
- The Predictive Validity of the GRE Across Graduate Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Trends Over Time (2023, 31 citations)
- Do Rubrics Live up to Their Promise? Examining How Rubrics Mitigate Bias in Faculty Hiring (2023, 31 citations)
- I Can Protect His Future, but She Can’t Be Helped: Himpathy and Hysteria in Administrator Rationalizations of Institutional Betrayal (2023, 23 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0022-1546):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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