The Journal of the Learning Sciences is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 and an official publication of the International Society of the Learning Sciences

International Society of the Learning Sciences

The International Society of the Learning Sciences is a professional society dedicated to the interdisciplinary empirical investigation of learning as it exists in real-world settings and how learning may be facilitated both with and without technology. Learning sciences research explores the...

. It covers research on learning and education and is published by Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

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 publishers. It was started in 1991 as by founding editor Janet L. Kolodner from the Georgia Institute of Technology. The current editors

Editor in chief

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 are Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver (Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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) and Yasmin B. Kafai 'University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

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). The founding editor emeritus is Janet L. Kolodner (Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

).

Impact

According to the Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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, The Journal of the Learning Sciences had a 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

of 1.767, ranking it 9th out of 44 in the category "Social Science, Psychology, Educational" and 15th out of 139 in "Social Science, Education & Educational Research".

External links

• International Society of the Learning Sciences