ABSTRACT

Academic journals communicate research findings, share knowledge and stimulate debate. They are the representative academic ‘voice’ for a discipline, reflecting its knowledge base. This paper examines all 350 articles published in the International Journal of Training Research from 1993 to 2019 to highlight significant trends over 27 years. It analyses the 462 authors, the article types and methodological characteristics, and their key themes and sub-themes. Analysis of authorship over time reveals rises in the proportions of females publishing, of international contributors from 30 different countries, of contributors affiliated with universities and of multiple authorship. Two-thirds of the articles were qualitative research or expository. Key themes were on political, organisational and structural change and on students, followed by vocational knowledge, learning and instruction, and vocational teachers. Studying the themes and sub-themes over time showed how their relative popularity in research has tended to parallel policy developments in the VET sector.

摘要

学术期刊交流研究成果、分享知识并激发辩论。他们是一门学科的代表性学术“声音”，反映了其知识基础。这篇论文审查了发表在International Journal of Training Research 上的所有 350 篇文章从 1993 年到 2019 年，以突出 27 年来的重要趋势。它分析了 462 位作者、文章类型和方法特征，以及他们的关键主题和子主题。随着时间的推移对作者身份的分析显示，女性出版、来自 30 个不同国家的国际贡献者、大学附属贡献者和多作者的比例在上升。三分之二的文章是定性研究或说明。主要主题是政治、组织和结构变化以及学生，其次是职业知识、学习和教学以及职业教师。随着时间的推移对主题和子主题的研究表明，它们在研究中的相对受欢迎程度是如何与职业教育与培训部门的政策发展平行的。