Fonseca-Mora, M.C. & Aguaded, I. (2014). Scientific Journals as Platforms to Publish Research of Excellence in Education: Strategies to Attract Researchers. RELIEVE, 20 (2), art. M3. DOI: 10.7203/relieve.20.2.4274 RELIEVE- Revista ELectrónica de Investigación y EValuación Educativa [ www.uv.es/RELIEVE ] pag. 1 e-Journal of Educational Research, Assessment and Evaluation Revista ELectrónica de Investigación y EValuación Educativa SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AS PLATFORMS TO PUBLISH RESEARCH OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION: STRATEGIES TO ATTRACT RESEARCHERS [Las revistas científicas como plataformas para publicar la investigación de excelencia en educación: Estrategias para atracción de investigadores] by/por Article record About authors HTML format Fonseca-Mora, M.C. (fonseca@uhu.es ) Aguaded, I. (aguaded@uhu.es ) Ficha del artículo Sobre los autores Formato HTML Abstract This article helps to reflect on the most relevant characteristics of research journals of excellence, on those quality editorial management traits that facilitate the work of disseminating the findings of researchers in education so that they can contribute, along with all international researchers, to the central knowledge of science. Resumen Este artículo ayuda a reflexionar sobre las características más relevantes de las revistas científicas de excelencia, sobre aquellos rasgos de calidad de la gestión editorial que facilitan la labor de difundir los hallazgos de los investigadores de educación para que puedan aportar, junto a todos los investigadores internacionales, al conocimiento central de la ciencia. Keywords Education research journals, research, scientific publication, quality indicators, international visibility. Descriptores Revistas de educación, investigación, publicación científica, indicadores de calidad, visibilidad internacional. The universal visibility and projection of the results of scientific research, now more than ever, has been converted into an indispensible element in the promotion of faculty in universities around the world. Consequently, the prestige of universities and their global ranking is inextricably linked to the number of publications they produce. These publications are indexed in the databases of Thomson and Reuters (Lee, 2014; Fernández-Ríos & Rodríguez-Díaz, 2014; Giménez & Jiménez, 2013). The need of researchers for recognition in the academic community means they must have their work quantified in these databases. This helps them to defend their theses, achieve promotions, receive research grants, or simply to hold onto their jobs. At the same time however, it creates a vicious circle in which a great deal of pressure is put upon top quality scientific research journals by universities and researchers because they are so widely considered to be the only worthwhile medium through which to publish scientific research. The pressure is even stronger in a field like