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Relative Influence of Professional Counseling Journals
Author(s) -
Fernando Delini M.,
Minton Casey A. Barrio
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2011.tb02839.x
Subject(s) - fallacy , citation , psychology , rank (graph theory) , medical education , applied psychology , medicine , computer science , library science , mathematics , combinatorics , philosophy , epistemology
The authors used social network analysis of citation data to study the flow of information and relative influence of 17 professional counseling journals. Although the Journal of Counseling & Development ranked very highly in all measures of journal influence, several division journals emerged as key players in the flow of information within the counseling profession. Results highlight the many facets of journal influence and the fallacy of using single measures, such as journal impact factor, to rank professional counseling journals.