Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
Call for Editors
April 2025
The Board of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) invites applications and nominations for editorship, including editor-in-chief, corresponding editors, and editorial board members, for the Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness (JREE), for a three-year term, 2026-2028, beginning January 1st, 2026.
About the Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
The Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness (JREE) is the flagship publication of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. It publishes original articles from the multidisciplinary community of researchers who apply principles of scientific inquiry to understand the impacts of education policies, programs, and practices. Articles published in JREE aim to advance knowledge of factors important for education success and/or improve the ability to conduct further disciplined studies. JREE welcomes manuscripts in the following categories:
(1) Intervention, evaluation, and policy. These studies focus on estimating the causal effects of interventions and often include process, implementation, and cost research.
(2) Theory, contexts, and mechanisms. Papers in this section further our field’s ability to conduct causal research in education. They include meta-analyses and syntheses, descriptive studies that illuminate education conditions and contexts, and studies that rigorously investigate education processes and mechanisms.
(3) Methods. Methods papers advance understanding of theoretical and technical features of research design, data analysis, measurement, and data modeling.
At present, the journal is staffed by an Editor-in-Chief and a set of corresponding editors that are assigned to the three areas described above. There is also a methodology editor that promotes and oversees open science practices within the journal. The editorial board constitute a body of respected education effectiveness researchers who constitute a body of trusted reviewers for papers submitted to JREE.
Responsibilities of the JREE Editor(s)
The editorial team is responsible for accepting and rejecting manuscripts based on the quality of the scholarship presented and the suitability of the subject matter for JREE, guiding manuscripts through the review process using a designated Web-based system, overseeing revisions, soliciting content as necessary, planning content for issues, and reporting on JREE matters to the SREE Board of Directors. The new editors will assume responsibility for the 2026 volume year (Volume 19), and will begin to receive manuscripts in fall 2025. The current editors will serve through December 2025, primarily handling revised manuscripts and manuscripts already in the pipeline for publication for the second half of 2025. The new editors should expect to serve through December 31, 2028.
Under the current structure, the corresponding editors handle the individual manuscripts by assessing whether manuscripts should be sent out for review, and for those which do, soliciting reviewers for these manuscripts from a mix of the editorial board and broader research community. The corresponding editors then determine outcomes based on reviewer responses, possibly consulting with the editor-in-chief in some cases. The editor-in-chief oversees the general operation of the journal, monitors the state of the journal, works with the publisher and other stakeholders on refining procedures and policy, and (currently) edits the one-page summaries of all papers accepted. An editorial board member fills out a survey of areas of expertise and becomes part of a trusted database of reviewers that the corresponding editors can call on for paper review.
The time commitment of the editor-in-chief is estimated as approximately 15 hours a month. Being a corresponding editors takes approximately 8-12 hours per month. An editorial board member reviews approximately 3 or 4 papers per year (including revisions).
Applicants and nominees should be scholars with background and interests appropriate for JREE. Nominees should possess managerial and organizational skills as well as publishing/editorial experience. They should be knowledgeable about the field and open to new activity and/or directions in the field and in scholarly publishing, including the adoption of Open Science standards. Nominees also should be able to exercise good judgment in building a diverse editorial board and selecting ad hoc reviewers. They should also be able to communicate effectively and sensitively with authors. Skills in conflict resolution are highly desirable. Editors are also expected to maintain the highest ethical standards with respect to scientific publication.
To support the Journal and the Editorial team, the publisher provides editorial and management services. SREE staff will also support the team.
Nominations may be of individuals or of editorial teams. The current structure involves an Editor in Chief and 6 Corresponding Editors, one or two for each of the three journal areas (see https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/uree20/about-this-journal#editorial-board). However, new editors or editorial teams could suggest an alternate structure.
NOTE: In 2021, SREE added a new editorial position, a Methodological Transparency Editor. This editor also helps the Journal adopt best practices and expectations for authors to adhere to standards for transparency in the production of research evidence, such as acknowledging when evaluation plans are pre-registered and when source code and data are publicly available for readership review. This role is distinct from our Methodology editor, who reviews studies about research methodology. The current Methodological Transparency Editor will continue to serve in this role in 2026. We are will not be recruiting for this position at this time.
| The SREE Board encourages participation by members of underrepresented groups in the publication process and would particularly welcome such nominees for the Editorship. Individuals involved with research from non-university institutions (researchers in contact
firms, public sectors involved in research, etc.) are also encouraged to apply. Self-nominations also are welcome and encouraged.
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Nomination or Application Process
Individuals and/or teams (whether full or partial) should express their interest in the JREE editorship by April 30, 2025.
To directly apply for consideration as an editor-in-chief, corresponding editor, or editorial board member: If you are interested in serving as an editor for JREE, please indicate your interest in applying by submitting a brief statement of interest, including what role or roles you would be excited to take on, what area of the journal you would want to focus on, if applying as an corresponding editor, and a CV. If applying as a team or part of a team, please submit a collective cover statement of interest, with the proposed roles for the applicants clearly denoted, and a CV for each member applying.
To nominate someone else as an editor: please send a letter of nomination with the person’s contact information and a brief statement as to why you believe they would be good for the role.. If you are able, please reach out to the individual to confirm interest. You can nominate people for editor-in-chief, corresponding editor, or the editorial board. Nominees will then be sent a letter of instruction on how to apply.
Selected nominees and applicants will be asked to follow-up with a statement outlining their relevant experience, proposed editorial structure, management plan (ex: single editor, co-editors) their vision for JREE, their vision for making JREE more inclusive and equitable for authors, and why they are interested in the position. Full applications will be requested by May 15, 2025.
Send questions, nominations and applications to [email protected].
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