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Engineering education research in European Journal of Engineering Education and Journal of Engineering Education : citation and reference discipline analysis

2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 39; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/03043797.2013.867316

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Phillip C. Wankat, Bill Williams, Pedro Neto,

Technology Assessment and Management

AbstractThe authors, citations and content of European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE) and Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) in 1973 (JEE, 1975 EJEE), 1983, 1993, 2003, and available 2013 issues were analysed. Both journals transitioned from house organs to become engineering education research (EER) journals, although JEE transitioned first. In this process the number of citations rose, particularly of education and psychology sources; the percentage of research articles increased markedly as did the number of reference disciplines. The number of papers per issue, the number of single author papers, and the citations of science and engineering sources decreased. EJEE has a very broad geographic spread of authors while JEE authors are mainly US based. A ‘silo’ mentality where general engineering education researchers do not communicate with EER researchers in different engineering disciplines is evident. There is some danger that EER may develop into a silo that does not communicate with technically oriented engineering professors.Keywords: engineering education researchcitation analysisreference disciplinesglobalisationjournals AcknowledgementThe authors have neither financial interest nor benefit from direct applications of this research.FundingP. C. W. was partially supported by National Science Foundation Grant [EHR-1123108]. B. W. was partially supported by a grant from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) of the Portuguese Ministry for Education and Science [PTDC/CPE-PEC/112042/2009].Notes†This paper is based on a keynote presentation at the SEFI 40th anniversary conference in Leuven, Belgium, September, 2013.Additional informationAbout the authorsPhil Wankat received a BSChE from Purdue University, an MS and PhD in chemical engineering from Princeton University, and an MSEd from Purdue. He is a distinguished professor at Purdue with a joint appointment in Chemical Engineering and Engineering Education.Bill Williams originally trained as a chemist at the National University of Ireland and went on to work in education in Ireland, the UK, Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique, and Portugal. He lectures on technical communication at the Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal and at IST, Universidade de Lisboa.Pedro Neto is a Civil Engineer. He lectures at ESTBarreiro/Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal and is an associate member of the ICIST research centre at IST/Universidade de Lisboa.