Evaluation journals play an important role in documenting, developing, and sharing theory and practice.
The journals below are divided into three categories:
- Available at no cost
- Provided to members of evaluation associations and societies
- Available through libraries and subscription
Available at no cost
African Evaluation Journal
Open access, peer-reviewed
The African Evaluation Journal publishes peer-reviewed articles of merit on any subject related to evaluation, and provides targeted information of professional interest to members of AfrEA and its national associations and evaluators across the globe.
View the African Evaluation Journal
Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation
Open access, peer-reviewed
Articles include:
- Examining the Relationship between Community Participation and Program Outcomes in a Metaevaluation
- Evaluation Independence in Organizations
- The Role of Random Allocation in Randomized Controlled Trials: Distinguishing Selection Bias from Baseline Imbalance
View the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation
Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation
Peer reviewed
The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation is published three times a year by the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES).
Articles include:
- Dissemination and Early Use of the Paris Declaration Evaluation (PDF), Bernard Wood, Niels Dabelstein
- Meta-Evaluation: Evaluating the Evaluation of the Paris Declaration (PDF), Michael Quinn Patton
- Lessons Learned and the Contributions of the Paris Declaration Evaluation to Evaluation Theory and Practice (PDF), Niels Dabelstein, Michael Quinn Patton
View the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation
Evaluation Journal of Australasia
Peer reviewed
While the current issue is only available to members of the Australasian Evaluation Society (which covers Australia and New Zealand), previous issues can be accessed freely.
Articles include:
- Indigenous evaluation: an editorial review (PDF) - Rosalind Hurworth and Graeme Harvey
- Kaupapa Maori theory-based evaluation (PDF) - Sandy Kerr
- Closing the gap through respect, relevance, reciprocity and responsibility: issues in the evaluation of programs for Indigenous communities in Australia - Anne Markiewicz
View the Evaluation Journal of Australasia
Educational Research and Evaluation: An International Journal on theory and practice
Peer reviewed
View Educational Research and Evaluation: An International Journal on theory and practice
Evidence Base Journal
Peer reviewed
ANZSOG's peer-reviewed journal, Evidence Base, publishes reviews of the evidence informing decision-making in specific policy areas. The focus of these reviews is to determine ‘what works?’, based on the evidence. This journal was designed for public sector decision-makers and aims to be a ‘broker’ between the public sector, academics and other policy specialists.
View the Evidence Base journal
Provided to members of evaluation associations and societies
- American Journal of Evaluation (American Evaluation Association)
- Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation (Canadian Evaluation Society)
- Evaluation: the international journal of theory, practice and policy (European Evaluation Society)
- Evaluation and the Health Professions (American Evaluation Association)
- Evaluation Journal of Australasia (Australasian Evaluation Society)
- Evaluation Review (American Evaluation Association)
- New Directions in Evaluation (American Evaluation Association)
- Zeitschrift für Evaluation (ZfEv)
Available through libraries and subscription
- Evaluation and Program Planning (some articles open access)
- Evidence and Policy: A journal of research, debate and practice (some articles open access)
- Journal of Development Effectiveness (some articles open access)
- Studies in Educational Evaluation
'Evaluation journals' is referenced in:
Blog
Framework/Guide
- Rainbow Framework :