Aims and scope
See the subjects, audiences, and manuscript boundaries that guide editorial fit.
Journal identity
About the Journal
The Journal of Research Administration is being organized around a focused scholarly mission: research administration, research management, sponsored research, and the policies and practices that support the research enterprise. Its public record should make ownership, publishing responsibility, editorial governance, scope, and historical context easy to verify.
about journal of research administration
1Mission2Scope3Governance4Journal history
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A Focused Home for Research Administration Scholarship
The journal serves researchers, research administrators, policy leaders, institutional officials, and practitioners who need evidence and analysis about how research is proposed, governed, funded, conducted, supported, and evaluated.
The journal’s identity is kept separate from unrelated publishing properties. Affiliations, indexing statements, ISSN use, logos, and historical rights should appear only when the underlying documentation supports them.
Key routes
Use the Journal With Confidence
Each route connects to the record or policy needed for the next decision.
Editorial team
Review verified roles, affiliations, terms, and responsibilities in the masthead.
Ownership and history
Understand publishing responsibility, title history, and editorial independence.
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Transparency Is Part of the Reading Experience
Readers should be able to distinguish a journal article from an editorial explainer, identify the policy that governed publication, and see whether a work has been corrected or retracted.
Authors should be able to understand scope, peer review, fees, licensing, data expectations, complaints, and post-publication procedures before they submit.
- Verify journal identity through the masthead and ownership page.
- Use the Aims and Scope before preparing a submission.
- Read the policy set as a connected whole.
- Treat historical article records as part of the preserved scholarly record.
Common questions
Questions Readers and Contributors Ask
Is this site affiliated with SRA International?
No affiliation should be assumed from the journal title or historical references. Any current affiliation must be supported by clear documentary evidence and stated directly.
Does the journal claim indexing or an ISSN?
Only verified, current records should be displayed. A missing claim is preferable to an unsupported one.
How are editorial explainers labeled?
Insights content is identified as non-peer-reviewed and kept separate from journal issues and article records.
Review the Journal’s Public Standards
Read the scope, masthead, ownership, and ethics policies before submitting or evaluating the journal.