International Journal of Early Years Education is a forum for researchers and practitioners to debate the theories, research, policy and practice which sustain effective early years education world-wide. It offers a comparative perspective on early years research and major new initiatives in the care and education of young children aged 0-8 years. Since its inception, the journal has carried reports and research articles which evaluate and highlight innovative practice throughout the international community.
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
262K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.3 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.7 (2023) 5 year IF
2.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.797 (2023) SNIP
0.403 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
115 days avg. from submission to first
decision
115 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
13 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
36% 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.
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.
Professor Jane Murray - University of Northampton, UK
Deputy Editor:
Dr Lorna Arnott - University of Strathclyde, UK
Editorial Board:
Vina Adriany - Universitas Pendidikan, Indonesia Lynn Ang - UCL Institute of Education, UK Eric Atmore - Cape Town University, South Africa Nancy Barbour - Kent State University, USA Petra Büker - University of Paderborn, Germany Doris Cheng Pui Wah - Tung Wah College, Hong Kong Alison Clark - University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway Elizabeth Coates - UK Vera Coelho - University Institute of Maia, Portugal Sheila Degotardi - Macquarie University, Australia Josephine Deguara - University of Malta, Malta Sue Dockett - Charles Sturt University, Australia Hasina Ebrahim - University of South Africa, South Africa Amita Gupta - City College of New York, USA Helen Hedges - University of Auckland, New Zealand Zoyah Kinkead-Clark - The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica Evangelia Kourti - University of Athens, Greece Hui Li - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sinéad McNally - Dublin City University, Ireland Pekka Mertala - University of Jyväskylä, Finland Zsuzsa Millei - University of Tampere, Finland Anikó Varga Nagy - University of Debrecen, Hungary Kwi-Ok Nah - Soonchunhyang University, South Korea Martin Needham - Manchester Metropolitan University, UK John Teria Ng’asike - University of Kenyatta, Kenya Ioanna Palaiologou - UCL Institute of Education, UK Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson - Goteburg University, Sweden Michelle Salazar Pérez - The University of Texas at Austin, USA Robin Samuelsson - Södertörn University, Sweden Wilfried Smidt - University of Innsbruck, Austria Kylie Smith - The University of Melbourne, Australia Jodi Streelasky - University of Victoria, Canada Beth Blue Swadener - Arizona State University, USA Kathy Sylva - Department of Educational Studies, University of Oxford, UK Marek Tesar - University of Auckland, New Zealand Nurper Ülküer - Uskudar University, Turkey Bert van Oers - Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Nikolay E. Veraksa - Russian Academy of Education, Russia Manjula Waniganayake - Macquarie University, Australia Christine Woodrow - University of Western Sydney, Australia
Abstracting and indexing
International Journal of Early Years Education is currently noted in Academic Search; ASSIA; Australian Education Index (AEI); Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List; British Education Index; ChildData Abstracts; ChildData CD Rom; ChildData on the web; Contents Pages in Education; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); EBSCOhost EJS; Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC); ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities, Pedagogical and Educational Research); Emerging Sources Citation Index ( ESCI); Language and Linguistics Behaviour Abstracts; National Children's Bureau; National Database for Research into International Education (NDRI); Psychological Abstracts; psycINFO; SCOPUS® and Sociological Abstracts.
Open access
International Journal of Early Years 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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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