Editors Appointed for Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Abstract

Board of Directors made the joint appointment in January, successfully concluding a search process that began in the summer under the auspices of the JEBS Management Commit tee. Sinharay and Johnson will be responsible for leading this journal over the next 3 volume years and ntinuing the excellent track record of this highly regarded peer-reviewed journal. JEBS publishes papers that develop original statistical methods applicable to educational or behavioral research. Typical papers present new methods of analysis. In addition, critical reviews of current practice, tutorial presenta tions of less well known methods, and novel applications of already-known methods may appear. Now published bimonthly (see box), JEBS is a premier journal in the field, with its articles read and cited widely. In 2008Journal Citation Reports ranked JEBSs scholarly im pact as seventh out of 112 education and edu cation research journals; JEBS was also ranked eighth out of 37 social science mathematical methods journals and fourth out of 11 math ematical psychology journals. Editors are selected on the basis of rec ognized scholarship with background and interests appropriate for JEBS. The new edi tors have extensive experience in researching and publishing in statistics and educational testing, and both are current members of the JEBS editorial board. Sandip Sinharay is Senior Research Scien tist at Educational Testing Service (ETS) in the Center for Statistical Theory and Prac tice, where he has held several positions since 2001. He is a recipient of several awards from ETS and from the Na tional Council on Mea surement in Education and has served on other