Comparative and international education: English-language scholarly publications

This article describes the missions, administration, and the larger environmental context for publication about education comparatively across nations. The field of comparative and international education has evolved in response to new demands and opportunities. In addition to the field's evolution - but not independent of those changes - the media for propagating the field has also changed. New electronic technologies, gatekeeping functions, commercial relationships with readers, and library policies have all affected the direction of scholarly publications.