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REFERENCE GUIDE OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS/PUBLICATIONS Continued Reading to ViolenceReading Journal
of Adolescent and Adult Literacy Sociology Violence Aggressive
Behavior EDITOR’S NAME OR CONTACT PERSON: John Elkins/Allan
Luke, Editors E-MAIL ADDRESS AND/OR WEB SITE: http://www.reading.org/publications/journals/JAAL/index.html FOCUS OF THE JOURNAL: Intended as an open forum for the field of literacy education. Its goals are to encourage innovative ways of teaching and studying literacy and to address the problems and issues faced by educators in rapidly changing cultural, economic, and social contexts. TARGETED AUDIENCE: Broad audience of reading professionals. Members of the International Reading Association in 100 countries, approximately 14,000. Most school-based professionals; 20% college faculty. TYPES OF WORK PUBLISHED: Intended to reflect current theory, research and practice to encourage effective instruction. FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION: 8 times a year ACCEPTANCE RATE: 20% AREA: Reading
EDITOR’S NAME OR CONTACT PERSON: Christopher Singleton
E-MAIL ADDRESS AND/OR WEB SITE: FOCUS OF THE JOURNAL: Devoted to reports of empirical studies in reading and related fields and to informed reviews of relevant literature. TARGETED AUDIENCE: International forum for researchers into literacy TYPES OF WORK PUBLISHED: Reports of empirical studies and research notes. FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION: 3 times a year ACCEPTANCE RATE: AREA: Reading EDITOR’S NAME OR CONTACT PERSON: John E. Readence,
Editor E-MAIL ADDRESS AND/OR WEB SITE: FOCUS OF THE JOURNAL: Provides a forum for the exchange of information and opinion on theory, research and practice in reading. TARGETED AUDIENCE: Members of the International Reading Association and other interested persons (Reading researchers; reading teachers K-College). TYPES OF WORK PUBLISHED: Reporting research, integrative reviews, and syntheses or theoretical formulations (Not Practitioner or Point-of-View). FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION: 4 times a year ACCEPTANCE RATE: 8% AREA: Reading TITLE OF JOURNAL: Rural Sociology EDITOR’S NAME OR CONTACT PERSON: Ann R. Tickamyer,
Editor E-MAIL ADDRESS AND/OR WEB SITE: http://RuralSociology.org/journal/ms.html FOCUS OF THE JOURNAL: Devoted to social science research on rural people and places. TARGETED AUDIENCE: Researchers, teachers, extension and community workers interested in rural people and places. TYPES OF WORK PUBLISHED: Research articles. FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION: 4 times a year ACCEPTANCE RATE: 15-20% AREA: Sociology EDITOR’S NAME OR CONTACT PERSON: Donald Baenninger
E-MAIL ADDRESS AND/OR WEB SITE: FOCUS OF THE JOURNAL: Multidisciplinary research on violence and aggression in humans and animals. TARGETED AUDIENCE: Researchers in the fields of Animal Behavior, Anthropology, Ethology, Psychiatry, Psychobiology, Psychology, and Sociology. TYPES OF WORK PUBLISHED: Mainly those reporting new data from laboratory or field or clinic. A few theoretical papers. FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION: 6 times a year ACCEPTANCE RATE: 50% AREA: Violence EDITOR’S NAME OR CONTACT PERSON: Jon R. Conte, Editor
E-MAIL ADDRESS AND/OR WEB SITE: FOCUS OF THE JOURNAL: Devoted to the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence. TARGETED AUDIENCE: Professionals and researchers working in domestic violence, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical child abuse, and violent crime. TYPES OF WORK PUBLISHED: Materials that address the causes, effects, treatment, and prevention of all types of violence. FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION: 12 times a year ACCEPTANCE RATE: AREA: Violence EDITOR’S NAME OR CONTACT PERSON: Mercer L. Sullivan
E-MAIL ADDRESS AND/OR WEB SITE: FOCUS OF THE JOURNAL: It is devoted to reports of original research in crime and delinquency, new theory, and the critical analysis of theories and concepts especially pertinent to research development in this field. TARGETED AUDIENCE: Concerned citizens and professionals in criminal justice TYPES OF WORK PUBLISHED: Research, new theory, and critical analysis of theories and concepts. FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION: 4 times a year (February, May, August, and November) ACCEPTANCE RATE: 20% AREA: Violence
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