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Educational Researcher Template

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About the Educational Researcher format

Educational Researcher is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, School Choice and Performance, Educational Assessment and Improvement. Over its lifetime it has published 6,211 papers, which have received 375,678 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Educational Researcher, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inTeacher Education and Leadership Studies School Choice and Performance Educational Assessment and Improvement Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Educational Robotics and Engineering
ISSN0013-189X
Citation impact (2-yr)3.19
h-index272
i10-index1,963
Top institutions publishing hereStanford University
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Educational Researcher per year

44
2014
47
2015
55
2016
59
2017
47
2018
61
2019
87
2020
74
2021
50
2022
75
2023
48
2024
76
2025

Citation impact of Educational Researcher by publication year

4.9K
2014
5.4K
2015
5.5K
2016
4K
2017
2.4K
2018
3.3K
2019
5.4K
2020
2.9K
2021
1.2K
2022
1.4K
2023
343
2024
158
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Educational Researcher

Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching

Lee S. Shulman · 1 Feb 1986

Esta investigación tiene como propósito analizar algunos referentes teóricos sobre la Filosofía de las Matemáticas (FM) y el conocimiento del profesor de Matemáticas (CPM), con el fin de presentar evidencias de la articulación e integración de la FM en los modelos del CPM en función del quehacer docente, particularmente el sugerido por Stacey (2008). Por…

18,243 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning

John Seely Brown, Allan Collins, Paul Duguid · 1 Jan 1989

Many teaching practices implicitly assume that conceptual knowledge can be abstracted from the situations in which it is learned and used. This article argues that this assumption inevitably limits the effectiveness of such practices. Drawing on recent research into cognition as it is manifest in everyday activity, the authors argue that knowledge is situated, being…

13,026 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm Whose Time Has Come

R. Burke Johnson, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie · 1 Oct 2004

The purposes of this article are to position mixed methods research ( mixed research is a synonym) as the natural complement to traditional qualitative and quantitative research, to present pragmatism as offering an attractive philosophical partner for mixed methods research, and to provide a framework for designing and conducting mixed methods research. In doing this,…

11,022 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Stories of Experience and Narrative Inquiry

F. Michael Connelly, D. Jean Clandinin · 1 Jun 1990

Although narrative inquiry has a long intellectual history both in and out of education, it is increasingly used in studies of educational experience. One theory in educational research holds that humans are storytelling organisms who, individually and socially, lead storied lives. Thus, the study of narrative is the study of the ways humans experience the…

4,772 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Improving Impact Studies of Teachers’ Professional Development: Toward Better Conceptualizations and Measures

Laura M. Desimone · 1 Apr 2009

The author suggests that we apply recent research knowledge to improve our conceptualization, measures, and methodology for studying the effects of teachers’ professional development on teachers and students. She makes the case that there is a research consensus to support the use of a set of core features and a common conceptual framework in professional…

4,693 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Educational Researcher template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Educational Researcher format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Educational Researcher template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Educational Researcher use?
Educational Researcher uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Educational Researcher, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Educational Researcher?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Educational Researcher document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Educational Researcher template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Educational Researcher format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Educational Researcher?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Educational Researcher PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Educational Researcher template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Educational Researcher template cost?
You can start writing in the Educational Researcher template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Educational Researcher PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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