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Editorial

The state of the Journal of School Psychology: Promoting science

I amhonored to bewriting this editorial for the first issue duringmy editorship at the Journal of School Psychology (JSP). I wanted totake this opportunity to share my vision for the journal. As I prepared to write this editorial, I spent time thinking about the current“state of the journal” and its future potential. In preparing, I reread the history of the journal by Fagan and Jack (2012) and RandyFloyd's prior editorials (Floyd, 2012, 2013, 2014) and reflected on the objective of the journal. I also rereadmany of the prior publishedarticles over thepast couple of years including thequalitative study byMcIntosh,Martinez, Ty, andMcClain (2013) that focused on thestate of scientific research in the field of school psychology by surveying leading researchers in the field. In my opinion, the currentstate of the journal is strong because the prior leadership and the content of the journal have been focused on one major objective:promoting science.

The state of the journal: promoting science

When Iwas being interviewed for the editor position, two questions posed tome by the search committeewere, “What is science?And how would you advance science as the editor of JSP?” Albeit daunting during an interview, what great questions to ask of apotential future editor of a scientific journal! How does one quickly define science? I gave an answer to the search committee thatI thoughtmight be a bit simplistic. Frommy recollection, I conveyed that science is using theory and/or prior research to pose researchquestions and predictions/hypotheses. Good science then uses well-developed methodology (with reliable and valid measurement)and solid statistical analyses to answer those questions. The results are interpreted with prior theory and research in mind withacknowledgments of the research limitations and needed future research. Basically, I was attempting to define “the” scientificmethod.According to Lilienfeld, Ammirati, and David (2012), the fact that individuals even talk about “the” scientific method may be consid-ered a myth of science because there are probably many different scientific methods used to answer numerous different scientificquestions. Upon reflection, “the” scientific method is not what defines good science— the scientificmethod needs to be upheld to rig-orous standards to truly advance science. Upholding rigorous scientific standards is what JSP does best!

TheOxfordDictionary (2014) defines science and the scientificmethodmuchmore eloquently than I did inmy interview. Science is,“The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and naturalworld through observation and experiment and the scientific method.” The Oxford Dictionary (2014) defines the scientific methodas, “A method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation,measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.”

Simply because a paper is published by a peer-reviewed journal does not indicate that the science is strong (Lilienfeld et al., 2012).My goal as the Editor of JSP is to promote science via upholding rigorous standards for research published in the pages of the journal.Below are some ways the current JSP editorial team and I will continue to promote science at JSP:

1. We will require manuscripts published at JSP to thoroughly review the relevant literature and theory related to their respectivearea of study. An advantage JSP has over many journals is that there are no page limits to submissions. Thus, authors can and areexpected to provide comprehensive reviews of the relevant literature and theory in their study.

Although JSP does not publish many unsolicited review manuscripts, I welcome review papers if they are systematic, thor-ough, and advance science or theory in their respective area. For example, a recent systematic review of recommendations andresearch surrounding curriculum-based measurement of oral reading fluency decision rules was published in JSP by Ardoin,Christ, Morena, Cormier, and Klingbeil (2013). I believe this reviewpaperwill guidemany researchers in future studies regardingCBM. In addition, I encourage the submission ofmeta-analytic reviews as they are excellent resource to systematically summarizeand advance research. A recent example of ameta-analysis published by JSP focused on the oral reading CBM diagnostic accuracysupporting use for universal screening (Kilgus, Methe, Maggin, & Tomasula, 2014).

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2. We will require solid methodological designs to answer research questions. Method sections should be detailed and utilizemeasures that are reliable and valid. JSP has high standards for measurement tools that possess strong evidence of reliabilityand validity. Typically, JSP publishes quantitative research studies but high quality qualitative studies are encouraged if theyare upheld to rigorous standards of qualitative research designs. Qualitative studies by Moy et al. (2014) and McIntosh et al.(2013) are two exemplary qualitative articles published in JSP.

Recent examples of qualitymethodological designs published recently in JSP include the use of (a) randomized controlled tri-als (Abry, Rimm-Kaufman, Larsen, & Brewer, 2013; Britton et al., 2014;Hutchings,Martin-Forbes, Daley, &Williams, 2013; Leflot,van Lier, Onghena, & Colpin, 2013; Sheridan, Ryoo, Garbacz, Kunz, & Chumney, 2013); (b) longitudinal research designs(Bergsmann, Van De Schoot, Schober, Finsterwald, & Spiel, 2013; Darney, Reinke, Herman, Stormont, & Ialongo, 2013); and(c) multi-level modeling (Galla et al., 2014; McCormick, O'Connor, Cappella, & McClowry, 2013).

3. We will promote research using advanced analytic techniques that are well suited to answer the proposed research questions.For example, for several years JSP has been promoting more advanced methods to handle missing data and multi-level data. Itis my goal that JSP continues to promote best practices in analytic techniques. I believe that one of the greatest strengths atJSP is our Statistical and Methodological Advisors (SMAs). The SMA's involvement in reviewing manuscripts helps ensure thatthe journal is using best-practice and cutting-edge statistical techniques. An advantage to authors is the constructive feedbackthey receive from one of our SMAs.

I encourage the submission of manuscripts that are focused solely on analytical techniques. JSP is an excellent source for man-uscripts focused on the “how-to” of methodological and statistical techniques that are being used by researchers. Occasionally,these papers stand on their own as general manuscripts such as the following recently published articles focused on (a) meanphase differences and generalized least squares for analyzing single-case design (Manolov & Solanas, 2013); (b) reliability ofmulti-category ratings scales (Parker, Vannest, & Davis, 2013); (c) single-case effect size calculation (Ross & Begeny, 2014); and(d) a practical guide to generalizability theory (Briesch, Swaminathan,Welsh, & Chafouleas, 2014). As an author, if you are consid-ering submitting a paper focused on methodological and statistical techniques, please feel free to contact me to discuss your idea.

Anotherway JSP advancesmethodological and statistical techniques is through special issues. Historically, JSPhas not publishedmany special issues. However, in 2014 a special issuewas published on analysis andmeta-analysis of single-case design (SCD)withleading researchers in this area to guide and advance single-case design research (Shadish, 2014). Currently, another special issue isbeing developed for publication in 2015 focused on methodological and statistical techniques.

4. We encourage content that advances the science of school psychology. In the sections that follow, I have summarized recenttopics that have been published in the journal across the past several years and addressed areas of future research. Recentwork published in JSP has focused on broad topics that influence the field of school psychology. I scanned the prior couple ofyears of articles and came up with nine broad categories of work JSP has published. This list is not exhaustive or mutually exclu-sive, but in general, JSP has published significant work in the following areas:

a. empirically-validating academic interventions, including reading, vocabulary, spelling, writing, and math (Clemens, Oslund,Simmons, & Simmons, 2014; Hindman & Wasik, 2013; Nelson, Burns, Kanive, & Ysseldyke, 2013; Peterson et al., 2014;Sullivan & Field, 2013; Truckenmiller, Eckert, Codding, & Petscher, 2014);

b. empirically-validating behavioral interventions (Blaze, Olmi, Mercer, Dufrene, & Tingstom, 2014; Briesch, Chafouleas,Neugebauer, & Riley-Tillman, 2013; Chafouleas et al., 2013; Folino, Ducharme, & Greenwald, 2014; Fosco, Frank, Stormshank,& Dishion, 2013; Imeraj et al., 2013);

c. advancing the science of curriculum-based measurement (Ardoin et al., 2013; Christ, Zopluoglu, Monaghen, & Van Norman,2013; Cummings, Biancarosa, Schaper, & Reed, 2014; Kettler & Albers, 2013; Nese et al., 2013; Shapiro, 2013);

d. investigating the importance of teacher–student relationships (Chan et al., 2013; Hughes, Im, & Wehrly, 2014; McCormicket al., 2013; Roorda, Koomen, Spilt, Thijs, & Oort, 2013; Roorda, Verschueren, Vancraeyveldt, Van Craeyevelt, & Colpin,2014; Rudasill, Niehaus, Buhs, & White, 2013; Zee, Koomen, & Van der Veen, 2013);

e. understanding and reducing bullying and victimization (Batanova, Espelage, & Rao, 2014; Goldweber,Waasdorp, & Bradshaw,2013; Haataja et al., 2014; Pronk, Goossens, Olthof, De Mey, & Willemen, 2013; Saarento, Kärnä, Hodges, & Salmivalli, 2013;Valiente, Swanson, Lemery-Chalfant, & Berger, 2014);

f. understanding how school/class climate and instructional practices impact students (Benner, 2013; Bottiani, Bradshaw, &Mendelson, 2014; Curby, Rimm-Kaufman, & Abry, 2013; Mitchell & Bradshaw, 2013; Reddy, Fabiano, Dudek, & Hsu, 2013);

g. advancing the science of assessment (Kilgus, Riley-Tillman, Chafouleas, Christ, &Welsh, 2014;McDermott,Watkins, Rovine, &Rikoon, 2013; Norwalk, DiPerna, & Lei, 2014; Reynolds, Keith, Flanagan, & Alfonso, 2013; Wiesner & Schanding, 2013);

h. validating the roles of parents and peers in social and academic competence (Anthony, DiPerna, & Amato, 2014; Goldberg &Smith, 2014; Moorman-Kim, Sheridan, Kwon, & Koziol, 2013; Ogg, McMahan, Dedrick, & Mendez, 2013; Rispoli, McGoey,Koziol, & Schreiber, 2013; Zhang et al., 2014); and

i. data-based decision-making on grade retention, school absenteeism, and drop out (Burton, Marshal, & Chisolm, 2014; Goos,Van Damme, Onghena, Petry, & de Bilde, 2013; Im, Hughes, Kwok, Puckett, & Cerda, 2013; Kieffer, Marinell, & Neugebauer,2014; Lynch, Kistner, & Allan, 2014; Reschly & Christenson, 2013).

I encourage authors to continue submitting work that falls in these broad categories of school psychology where JSP is activelycontributing. I also want to promote future research in the areas identified by leaders in the field of school psychology. The qualitative

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study by McIntosh et al. (2013) revealed five themes of important future research directions that I would like to promote at JSP:(1) data-informed practices and their implementation, including evidence-based interventions and implementation science; (2) theorydevelopment, including research that advances theories in the field of school psychology; (3) the changing roles of school psychologists,including indirect service delivery andmultidisciplinary research; (4) biological bases of behavior, including neuropsychological, genetic,and epigenetic influences; and (5) advances in research methodology and psychometrics.

Besides publishing more typical content in the field, I also want to be sure that JSP focuses on new issues and current topics in thefield. Furthermore, I want JSP to be viewed as a journal that is inclusive in the topics of articles published. Recently, I was influenced bya poster presentation I saw at theNational Association of School Psychology (NASP) Conference that demonstrated a lack of publishedarticles focused on youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) in school psychology and othereducational journals. Seeing this need and wanting to publish work in JSP that is relevant to the lives of all children and adolescents,I have commissioned 3 upcoming manuscripts for 2015 focused on students who are LGBTQ.

The state of the journal: quantity and quality

As Randy noted in his final editorial (Floyd, 2014), JSP is receivingmoremanuscript submissions each year—with current submissionrates at approximately four times that of a decade ago. See Table 1 for a graph of the growth in submissions over the past 11 years. As theEditor, I will pay close attention to the growth of the journal to ensure that JSP continues to provide high-quality and timely reviews toauthors. I plan to uphold the commitment to provide authors with feedback within 8 weeks of submission of their manuscripts.As started by Randy Floyd in 2011, I plan to continue publishing Annual Journal Operation Reports to promote transparency in thepublication process at JSP.

In addition, the journal hasmaintained an impact factor over the past 6 years above 2.0. See Table 2 for a graphic representation ofthe 2-year impact factor from 2004 to 2013. The 2013 5-year impact factor is 3.470 indicating that articles published in JSP from 2008to 2012 were each cited approximately three and a half times in 2013. These impact factors are the results of the hard work of prioreditors, especially recent editors, including Robert Pianta, Ed Daly, and Randy Floyd, and their respective editorial teams. My goal forJSP is to continue publishing science that is highly useful and cited by other researchers in the future.

The state of the journal: people

I am honored to be following in the footsteps of Randy Floyd who, too, was dedicated to advancing science as the Editor of JSP. Iworked with Randy for 4 years as an Associate Editor and 1 year as Editor-Elect. There is no better mentor I could have asked for dur-ing this transition. Randy will be staying on the editorial board in a new role, Editorial Consultant, and I look forward to utilizing hispassion and expertise to further the science of the journal in coming years. Randy, thank you!

Randy was influential in forming the Council of Journal Editors in School Psychology (CJESP) as a way for editors from the majorschool psychology journals to forward and improve the publication process in school psychology. I plan to continue Randy's excellentwork to further this relatively new initiative to improve the collective science in thefield and to collaborate and learn fromother editors.

I also look forward to working with Ruthie Hewitt, Journal Manager, and our new Associate Publisher, Adam Fraser. Adam hassome new and exciting ideas for the journal. An initial change that will be happening is that JSP hasmoved to article-based publishing(ABP). ABPmeans that as each article is accepted it is published online in the final form (i.e., with journal page numbers, a DOI num-ber) and does not have to wait for the issue to be finalized. This allows articles to be fully citable sooner.

Table 1Number of manuscripts submitted to JSP from 2004 to 2014.

Note. Data from2006aremissing. Thenumber ofmanuscripts submitted in 2014manuscriptswas based on thenumber submitted at the time of this editorial, December4, 2014 (N = 320).

Table 2Impact factors for JSP from 2004 to 2013.

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The incoming Editorial Board has been finalized for service from July 1, 2014 through December 2016. I have an excellent team ofAssociate Editors (AE) that work diligently on every manuscript to ensure that each article promotes science in the field of school psy-chology. I am fully aware of the hard work and dedication it takes to be an Associate Editor. The new team started handling all initiallysubmittedmanuscripts on July 1, 2014. The new editorial board includes several returning associate editors: Craig Albers (University ofWisconsin, Madison), Sterett Mercer (University of British Columbia), KathyMoritz Rudasill (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), and JinaYoon (Wayne State University). In addition, newAssociate Editors include Amy Briesch (Northeastern University), Andy Garbacz (Uni-versity of Oregon), Scott Graves (Duquesne University), Sherrie Proctor (Queens College, City University of New York), and Lisa Sanetti(University of Connecticut). The AEs at JSP go above and beyond in their work to provide specific, helpful feedback to further eachauthor's scientific endeavors even if the manuscript is not going to be published at JSP. They are truly dedicated individuals, and Ilook forward to continuing my work with them.

As noted earlier I believe one of the greatest strengths of JSP is our Statistical and Methodological Advisors (SMAs), and I amlooking forward to working with the team of SMAs during my editorship. I added some additional SMAs to the board to be sure wehave enough coverage for our AEs and a wide variety of expertise. We now have 14 SMAs on the board. We have six returningSMAs: Bridget Dever (Lehigh University), John Ferron (University of South Florida), Brian French (Washington State University),Matt Fritz (University of Nebraska—Lincoln), Wen Luo (Texas A&M University), and James Peugh (Cincinnati Children's Hospitaland Medical Center). We also have eight new SMAs on the board: Tony Albano (University of Nebraska — Lincoln), Bethany Bell(University of South Carolina), Eun Sook Kim (University of South Florida), Ehri Ryu (Boston College), Alecia Santuzzi (Northern IllinoisUniversity), Russell Warne (Utah Valley University), and Jerry Wu (National Chiao Tung University — Taiwan). Our SMAs possess awide variety of expertise in methodology and statistical analyses to keep the journal at the cutting edge of statistics.

In addition, the new editorial board consists of 11 Senior Science and Editorial Consultants and 87 Editorial Board Members. I amthankful to the Senior Scientists who are willing to provide their expertise and consultation to the journal and me. I am especiallythankful for the Editorial Board Members who are willing to provide their time and expertise to review the manuscripts submittedto JSP and ultimately promote the rigorous scientific standards of the journal.

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