Internationality of academic journals: a case study with RELIEVE

Authors

  • Francisco M. Aliaga Universitat de València
  • Jesús M. Suárez-Rodríguez Universitat de València

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.13.1.4210

Keywords:

Scholarly Journals, Electronic Journals, Electronic Pub-lishing, Information Dissemination, Internet, Primary Sources, Users (Information)

Abstract

We review the concept and criteria proposed to measure 'internationality' in academic journals. We apply these 'internationality criteria' to RELIEVE (Electronic Journal of Educational Research, Assessment and Evaluation). The data reviewed show that RELIEVE is actually an international journal.

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2007)

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Research Articles

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