1997年國科會委託的「教育相關期刊排序」計畫，以及隨後由教育學期刊選出的TSSCI名單，已經給臺灣教育學界帶來極大的衝擊，許多期刊因而改變了編輯、審查與出版制度。這項期刊排序計畫推動至今，已有多年，有必要進行第二次的期刊學術水準之排序（評比）。本研究以上次排序的教育期刊為基礎，加上新創的期刊，從中選取平均每期刊登教育學術論文達到兩篇以上者納入評比；並透過問卷調查的方式，建立教育學者對各期刊的評價指標；對納入排序的期刊所列參考書目做內容分析，計算期刊間相互引用次數，建立引用指標；進而根據這些指標，計算各期刊評比總分，並採用群落分析，依此總分將期刊分成四個等級。而本研究所做的信效度分析，也顯示各項評比指標具有良好的測量品質。

Several years have passed since the first ranking of educational journals sponsored by National Science Council was conducted and the result announced. Four years later, a second-round evaluation of education journals was launched again. Journals evalu­ated in 1997 as well as new comers that published at least two articles on research in education were included in the second-round evaluation. Ranking information col­lected from educational researchers as well as counts of mutual citations in the refer­ence list of the paper are analyzed for producing new list of ranking. Each journal re­ceived an evaluation score by summing up scores obtained from all indicators. Cluster analysis was used to assign these journals to four ranks.