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Educational and Psychological Measurement

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5341270 ↗
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Educational and Psychological Measurement is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of educational psychology. The journal's editor-in-chief is George A. Marcoulides (University of California, Santa Barbara). It was established in 1941 and is published by SAGE Publications.

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 1.663, ranking it 7th out of 13 journals in the category "Psychology, Mathematical", 25th out of 59 journals in the category "Psychology, Educational", and 37th out of 103 journals in "Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications".

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1941, 2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1941-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Educational, Psychological and Measurement providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Educational and Psychological Measurement” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.