Since 2015, we have published six volumes, and this Spring 2021 issue, including research articles, creative scholarship, art, letters from the Editor(s), and NCORE Speakers’ monographs. These intellectually rigorous efforts contribute meaningfully in advancing scholarship and dialogues that promote race and ethnicity in higher education.  I am is pleased to announce the top five most read articles and top five most cited articles[1]:

Top 5 most viewed articles[2]:

  1. Sherria D. Taylor, Maria J. Veri, Michele Eliason, Jocelyn Clare R. Hermoso, Nicole D. Bolter, & Juliana E. Van Olphen. (2019). The social justice syllabus design tool: A first step in doing social justice pedagogy. (10,635 views)
  2. Cameron C. Beatty, Tenisha Tevis, Lorraine Acker, Reginald Blockett, & Eugene Parker (2020). Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Higher Education: Love Letters to Blackness and Recommendations to Those Who Say They Love Us. (4,320 views)
  3. Stephen John Quaye, Shamika N. Karikari, Courtney Rashad Allen, Wilson Kwamogi Okello, & Kiaya Demere Carter. (2019). Strategies for Practicing Self-Care from Racial Battle Fatigue. (3,343 views)
  4. Rezenet Tsegay Moges. (2020). “From White Deaf People’s Adversity to Black Deaf Gain”: A Proposal for a New Lens of Black Deaf Educational History. (2,214 views)
  5. Stephanie J. Waterman. (2019). New research perspectives on Native American students in higher education. (2,153 views)

Top 5 most cited articles:

  1. Sylvia Hurtado, Adriana Ruiz Alvarado, & Chelsea Guillermo-Wann. (2015). Creating Inclusive Environments: The Mediating Effect of Faculty and Staff Validation on the Relationship of Discrimination/Bias to Students’ Sense of Belonging. (79 citations)
  2. Nolan L. Cabrera. (2017). White Immunity: Working Through Some of the Pedagogical Pitfalls of “Privilege”. (20 citations)
  3. Uma M. Jayakumar & Annie S. Adamian. (2015). Toward a Critical Race Praxis for Educational Research: Lessons from Affirmative Action and Social Science Advocacy. (20 citations)
  4. Maria C. Ledesma. (2016). Complicating the Binary: Towards a Discussion of Campus Climate Health. (14 citations)
  5. Sarah L. Rodriguez, Charles Lu, & Beth E. Bukoski. (2016). "I Just Feel Like I Have to Duke It Out by Myself": How Latino Men Cope with Academic and Personal Obstacles During College. (14 citations)

I am thankful to all authors who contribute through their scholarship; to all readers for their commitment to read JCSCORE’s published articles, and to all JCSCORE Editorial Board members and reviewers for their review of manuscripts. In addition, thank you to the Publication Services team at The University of Oklahoma Libraries, for helping us complete the application to The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). In order to lower barriers to publication for authors, JCSCORE does not charge submissions or any other form of author fees. All editor(s), reviewers and authors work is free/volunteered labor and is supported by OU Libraries.

JCSCORE (ISSN 2642-2387) is an indexed journal with DOAJ[3]. DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high-quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. DOAJ indexes and promotes quality, peer-reviewed open access journals from around the world. Again, thank you to all authors, readers, reviewers, Editorial Board members, and stakeholders, your hard work is recognized and valued. Thank you for making JCSCORE an interdisciplinary and open access journal, increasing access for readers and positioning the journal as a leader in research on how to improve campuses across the country.

Fro more information about JCSCORE's Spring 2021 issue, and the top five most read articles and top five most cited articles, please read the Letter from the Editor.

 

[1] The data presented is obtained from the Open Journal System & Public Knowledge Project platform, JCSCORE migrated to this new publishing platform launched June 1, 2019. These data do not include the number of views and downloads from the previous JCSCORE website from May 1, 2015, to May 30, 2019.

[2] Data obtained on May 28, 2021.

[3] To learn more about DOAJ visit https://doaj.org/