About this journal
Aims and scope
Asia Pacific Journal of Education focuses on education policy and governance, curriculum and pedagogy, and the everyday lives and practices of school leaders/management, educators and students with relevance to Asia and the Pacific region. We feature new empirical and theoretical work, as well as critical and exploratory essays that focus on key 21st century issues, such as those pertaining but not limited to globalization and geopolitics, postmodernity, information technology, and education for sustainability.
We welcome manuscripts in the following areas:
- Cultural and linguistic continuity and change;
- Ethnicity, class, gender and diversity in education;
- Systems and infrastructure development;
- Cultures and discourses of educational organizations/systems;
- Education policy/curriculum responses and enactment;
- Multicultural education;
- Rigorous philosophical/conceptual discussion of educational issues;
- Historical and contemporary relationships of educational ideas and systems; and
- Impact of new communication media and technologies, new and hybrid cultural forms and practices, and globalized economies on education.
Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 206K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.2 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.221 (2023) SNIP
- 0.697 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 0 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 107 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 11 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 4% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editors
Suzanne Choo - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Hairon Salleh - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Associate Editors
Barry Bai - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongMark Baildon - United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Pieriena Cheung - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Zhu Gaoxia - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Clarence Green - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Heng Tang Tang - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Jiang Heng - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Wong Hwei Ming - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Kim Jongsung - Hiroshima University, Japan
Trivina Kang Lu-Ming - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Koh Koon Teck - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Dennis Kwek - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Christina Lim-Arasaratnam - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Chian Lit Khoon - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Jason Loh - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Lim Yang Teck Kenneth - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Jessica To - National Institute of Education, Singapore
William Lo Yat Wai - Durham University, UK
Chee Min Fui - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Nie Youyan - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Wen Yun - National Institute of Education, Singapore
Managing Editors
Wong Lung Hsiang - National Institute of Education, SingaporeInternational Advisory Board
Liu Baocun - Beijing Normal University, ChinaMark Bray - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Wang Chuang - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Bob Lingard - University of Queensland, Australia
Simon Marginson - University College London, UK
Fazal Rizvi - The University of Melbourne, Australia
Yang Rui - The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Wang Ru-Jer - National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan
Alejo Sison - University of Navarra, Spain
Jandhyala B. G. Tilak - Council for Social Development, India
Wong Ting-Hong - Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Lee Wing On - Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore
Lee Yoonmi - Hongik University, Korea
Deng Zongyi - University College London, UK
Book Review Editor
Wong Hwei Ming - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeJOURNAL ADMINISTRATION
Editorial Administrators
Nur Haryanti Binti Sazali - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeAbstracting and indexing
Open access
Asia Pacific Journal of Education is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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4 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Education (1996 - current)
Formerly known as
- Singapore Journal of Education (1978 - 1995)
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