@article {12513,
	title = {The position of Distance Education in a journal network},
	journal = {Distance Education},
	year = {2019},
	abstract = {<p>On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the journal Distance Education (DE), this study explores the position of this journal in a network of open and distance education, educational technology and learning design publications. A citation network analysis was undertaken to explore the scholarly communication network of distance education, using articles published in DE from 1980 onwards (n = 656), alongside references cited in those articles (n = 16,729), as well as articles (n = 6003) and associated references (n = 164,444) published in 22 leading journals indexed in the Web of Science between 2014 and 2019. A distinction is made between a narrower (intra-DE) and a wider (inter-journal) distance education network. The study reveals DE\&rsquo;s relationship to the wider educational technology community over time and identifies the most prolific journals and authors in this network.</p>
},
	keywords = {citation analysis, distance education, impact, journal network, scientific communication},
	doi = { 10.1080/01587919.2019.1692766},
	author = {Zawacki-Richter, Olaf and Buntins, Katja}
}
