About this journal
Aims and scope
Learning, Media and Technology aims to stimulate debate on digital media, digital technology and digital cultures in education. The journal seeks to include submissions that take a critical approach towards all aspects of education and learning, digital media and digital technology - primarily from the perspective of the social sciences, humanities and arts. The journal has a long heritage in the areas of media education, media and cultural studies, film and television, communications studies, design studies and general education studies.
As such, Learning, Media and Technology is not a generic ‘Ed Tech’ journal. We are not looking to publish context-free studies of individual technologies in individual institutional settings, ‘how-to’ guides for the practical use of technologies in the classroom, or speculation on the future potential of technology in education.
Instead we invite submissions which build on contemporary debates such as:
- The ways in which digital media interact with learning environments, educational institutions and educational cultures
- The changing nature of knowledge, learning and pedagogy in the digital age
- Digital media production, consumption and creativity in educational contexts
- How digital media are shaping (and being shaped by) educational practices in local, national and global contexts
- The social, cultural, economic and political nature of educational media and technology
- The ways in which digital media in education interact with issues of democracy and equity, social justice and public good
Learning, Media and Technology analyses such questions from a global, interdisciplinary perspective in contributions of the very highest quality from scholars and practitioners in the social sciences, communication and media studies, cultural studies, philosophy, history as well as in the information and computer sciences
The Editors encourage critical and comparative analyses including paradigms and methodologies that cross disciplinary and cultural boundaries. We are open to a range of submission types such as literature reviews, policy critiques and empirical studies.
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
- 363K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 4.0 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 6.5 (2023) 5 year IF
- 11.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 2.493 (2023) SNIP
- 1.852 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 4 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 117 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 10 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 13% 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:
John Potter - UCL Institute of Education, UK
Ben Williamson - University of Edinburgh, UK
Felicitas Macgilchrist - University of Oldenburg, Germany
Social Media Editor:
Felix Büchner - University of Oldenburg, Germany
Editorial Board:
Richard Andrews - University of Edinburgh, UK
Maha Bali - American University in Cairo, Egypt
Catherine Beavis - Deakin University, Australia
Sue Bennett - University of Wollongong, Australia
David Buckingham - Loughborough University, UK
Andrew Burn - UCL Institute of Education, UK
Michelle Cannon - University College London - UK
Chun-Yen Chang - National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Laura Czerniewicz - University of Cape Town, South Africa
Gideon Dishon - Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Isreal
Ola Erstad - University of Oslo, Norway
Rebecca Eynon - University of Oxford, UK
Keri Facer - University of Bristol, UK
Norm Friesen - Boise State University, USA
Antero Garcia - Stanford University, USA
Øystein Gilje - University of Oslo, Norway
Lesley Gourlay - UCL Institute of Education, UK
Lyndsay Grant - University of Bristol, UK
Karen Gravett - University of Surrey, UK
Sara Hawley - University College London, UK
Juliane Jarke - University of Graz, Austria
Paul Kelley - The Open University, UK
Grace Myhyun Kim - University of Texas at Austin, USA
Adrian Kirkwood - The Open University, UK
Reijo Kupiainen - University of Tampere, Finland
Cathy Lewin - Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Jabari Mahiri - University of California at Berkeley, USA
Selena Nemorin - Monash University, Australia
Luci Pangrazio - Deakin University, Australia
Carlo Perrotta - Melbourne University, Australia
Lina Rahm - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Hemy Ramiel - Independent scholar
Neil Selwyn - Monash University, Australia
Amy Stornaiuolo - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Timothy Teo - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Marko Ter ä s - Tampere University, Finland
Rebekah Willett - University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Irina Zakharova - University of Bremen, Germany
Abstracting and indexing
Learning, Media and Technology is abstracted/indexed in: Academic Search; Australian Education Index; Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List; British Education Index; Communication Abstracts; Contents Pages in Education; EBSCOhost EJS; EBSCO CD Rom Database; Education Journal; Educational Administration Abstracts; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); Ergonomics Abstracts; Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC); ERIH; IFI/Plenum Data Corp; International Index to Film and Television Products and Research into Higher Education Abstracts; PsycINFO; the Social Sciences Citation Index® and SCOPUS®.
Open access
Learning, Media and Technology 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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Calls for papers
Society information
Members of the Open & Distance Learning Association Australia (ODLAA) can receive an individual print subscription to Learning, Media & Technology at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.
4 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Learning, Media and Technology (2005 - current)
Formerly known as
- Journal of Educational Media (1996 - 2004)
- Journal of Educational Television (1975 - 1995)
Incorporates
- Education, Communication & Information (2001 - 2006)
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