This study attempts to examine publication patterns in Korean Journal of Sociology of
Education, a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1990 by the Korean Society for the
Study of Sociology of Education. The study provides the first longitudinal overview of
Korean Journal of Sociology of Education, contributing to a broader discussion of the
Journal's role in advancing the scholarship of sociology of education in Korea. A total of 461
articles published during the period from 1990 to 2010 of the Journal were analyzed for
authorship, research method, and article content, using content analysis. In general, publishing
patterns witnessed for the first twenty years of the Journal are characterized by gender
imbalance of authors, decline in the number of authors publishing articles regularly over time,
increase in collaborative work and quantitative research over time, and shifting emphases of
subject matter. Meanwhile, the Journal is regarded as highly selective and accepts only high
quality articles, obtaining the highest level of impact factor(IF) among the social sciences
journals published in Korea. Taken together, it is imperative to expand and broaden the
researcher base for the advancement of the scholarship of sociology of education in Korea.
With this in mind, several measures to address the issue are suggested.