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Impact Factor 1.113 in 2008!

Journal of Research in Reading

Published on behalf of the United Kingdom Literacy Association

Edited by:
Clare Wood


ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 26/112 Education & Educational Research; 19/42 Psychology, Educational
Impact Factor: 1.113

Journal of Research in Reading provides an international forum for researchers into literacy. It is a refereed journal, principally devoted to reports of empirical studies in reading and related fields, and to informed reviews of relevant literature. The journal welcomes papers researching issues related to the learning, teaching and use of literacy in a variety of contexts; papers on the history and development of literacy; papers about policy and strategy for literacy as related to children and adults. Journal of Research in Reading encourages papers within any research paradigm and from researchers in any relevant field such as anthropology, cultural studies, education, history of education, language and linguistics, philosophy, psychology and sociology.

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Virtual Issue online! Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Reading
The new virtual issue of Journal of Research in Reading presents a cross-section of papers from recent issues of the journal that have presented data on key contemporary issues in reading and on how to support the development of reading. These papers represent a broad range of topics with international relevance and diverse methodologies, drawn from a variety of complementary disciplines.
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NEW impact factor for Journal of Research in Reading!
We are pleased to announce that the impact factor for Journal of Research in Reading in 2008 is 1.113, making the research even more vital for your needs.

UKLA/Wiley-Blackwell Research in Literacy Education Award
This award, launched in 2008, is given annually for research published in either of UKLA's journals - Literacy and Journal of Research in Reading - judged to be exemplary in terms of the selection criteria applied in both journals. The award is sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell, the publisher of UKLA's journals. The award was presented at the annual UKLA dinner at the international conference in Greenwich on July 11th 2009.

Journal of Research in Reading 2009 Winner:
Children's inference generation across different media
P. Kendeou, C. Bohn-Gettler, M.J. White, P. van der Broek

Literacy 2009 Winner:
Teachers as readers: Building communities of readers
T. Cremin, M. Mottram, F. Collins, S. Powell, K. Safford

Journal of Research in Reading 2008 Winner:
Deriving word meanings from context: does explanation facilitate contextual analysis?
Kate Cain

Literacy 2008 Winner:
Teachers are digikids too: the digital histories and digital lives of young teachers in English primary schools
Lynda Graham

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Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
All back issues of this journal are available online. Click here to browse contents and abstracts. For further information on how to access these articles please visit our Librarian Site.

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