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The Department Chair is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Evaluation of Teaching Practices, Mentoring and Academic Development, Higher Education Governance and Development.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." The Department Chair 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inEvaluation of Teaching Practices Mentoring and Academic Development Higher Education Governance and Development Educational Methods and Teacher Development Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
ISSN1049-3255
Citation impact (2-yr)0.08
h-index12
i10-index15
Total citations689
Top institutions publishing hereKansas State University
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in The Department Chair per year

8
2014
59
2015
62
2016
58
2017
65
2018
69
2019
87
2020
86
2021
72
2022
65
2023
54
2024
64
2025

Citation impact of The Department Chair by publication year

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2014
89
2015
125
2016
96
2017
33
2018
38
2019
70
2020
32
2021
78
2022
18
2023
7
2024
4
2025

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Most-cited papers in The Department Chair

Cheating Academic Integrity: Lessons from 30 Years of Research

L. Allen Furr · 26 Dec 2022

David A. Rettinger and Tricia Bertram Gallant, Editors Wiley, 2022 Academic dishonesty is a guild problem that connects academicians from all disciplines. While cheating has appeared throughout the history of education, never has skirting the rules threatened the legitimacy and integrity of modern education as it does now. For this reason, David A. Rettinger and…

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A Retrospective View of Department Chairs: Lessons Learned

Walter H. Gmelch, Drew Roberts, Kelly Ward et al. · 1 Jun 2017

D epartment chairs hold one of the most critical roles in academe and are key to the academic success of their institutions.The development and support of chairs cannot be left to chance, as they can also contribute to mediocrity and failure in colleges and universities (Ruben, De Lisi, and Gigliotti 2017).The time of amateur administration-where…

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What reference style does The Department Chair use?
The Department Chair uses Author–year (Chicago) 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, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." The Department Chair 12 (3): 45–58.
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