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Impact Factor of JPER increases for second straight year

July 2, 2018

For the second straight year, the Impact Factor for Journal of Planning Education and Research has increased. It now stands at 2.328, up from 1.689 last year, according to the 2017 Journal Citation Reports® announced June 15, 2017 (Clarivate Analytics, 2017). The Impact Factor is derived from the total citations in 2017 to articles JPER published in 2015 and 2016. In 2015 and 2016 JPER published 61 articles total, with 142 citations in 2017 for an impact factor of 2.328.

JPER Co-editors are Professors Clinton Andrews and Frank Popper, managing editor is Dr. Karen Lowrie, and editorial assistant is Bloustein PhD student Jonathan Stiles. For more information visit http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jpe.

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