About this journal
Aims and scope
2022 Five-Year Impact Factor 4.9
2022 Impact Factor 3.7
Ranking: 58/269 (Education & Educational Research) and 12/60 (Psychology, Educational)
This journal publishes original empirical investigations dealing with all aspects of reading and its related areas, and occasionally, scholarly reviews of the literature and papers focused on theory development. Papers range from very basic studies to those whose main thrust is toward educational practice. The broad remit of the journal to include work on "all aspects of reading and its related areas," includes issues related to word recognition, comprehension, writing, intervention, and assessment involving very young children and/or adults, comparisons of orthographies, and more. Commentary and criticism on topics pertinent to the journal's concerns are also considered for publication. Please note that we do not typically publish reliability and validity studies of specific tests or assessment tools.
Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 173K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 4.3 (2023) 5 year IF
- 7.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 2.172 (2023) SNIP
- 1.744 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 13 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 93 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 9 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 17% 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
Young-Suk Kim - University of California Irvine
Associate Editors
Michael Kieffer - New York University
Marcia Barnes - Vanderbilt University
Nadine Gaab - Harvard University
Jessie Ricketts - Royal Holloway, University of London
Editorial Assistant
Joseph Aubele - University of California Irvine
Editorial Board
Stephanie Al Otaiba - Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Patricia A. Alexander - University of Maryland
Joanne Arciuli - Flinders University
Mikko Aro - University of Jyvaskyla
Lee Branum-Marin - Georgia State University
Kate Cain - Lancaster University
Julia Carroll - Coventry University
Séverine Casalis - Université de Lille
Paula Clarke - University of Leeds
Nathan Clemens - University of Texas Austin
Donald L. Compton - Florida State University
Nicole Conrad - Saint Mary's University
Jennifer Cromley - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Amy Crosson - Pennsylvania State University
Peter F. de Jong - University of Amsterdam
Linnea C. Ehri - CUNY Graduate Center
Carsten Elbro - University of Copenhagen
Mary Ann Evans - University of Guelph
Lynn S. Fuchs - Vanderbilt University
George Georgiou - University of Alberta
Steve Graham - Arizona State University
Charles Hulme - University of Oxford
Tomohiro Inoue - Chinese University of Hong Kong
R. Malatesha Joshi - Texas A&M University
Nenagh Kemp - University of Tasmania
Panayiota Kendeou - University of Minnesota
Karin Landerl - University of Graz
Nicole Landi - University of Connecticut
Arne Lervag - University of Oslo
Duo Phil Liu - Hong Kong Institute of Education
Joseph Magliano - Georgia State University
Genevieve McArthur - Macquarie University
Catherine McBride - Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kristina Moll - Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
Elizabeth S. Norton - Northwestern University
Jinger Pan - The Education University of Hong Kong
Rauno Parrila - Macquarie University
Peng Peng - University of Texas Austin
Yaacov Petscher - Florida State University
Beth Phillips - Florida State University
Athanassios Protopapas - University of Oslo
Jean Saint-Aubin - University of Moncton
Elinor Saiegh-Haddad - Bar-Ilan University
Robert Savage - University College of London
Laura Steacy - Florida State University
Jessica Toste - University of Texas Austin
Xiuli Tong - University of Hong Kong
Minna Torppa - University of Jyväskylä
Rebecca Treiman - Washington University in St. Louis
Julie Van Dyke - Haskins Laboratories
Sharon Vaughn - University of Texas Austin
Ludo Verhoeven - Nijmegen University
Lesly Wade-Woolley - University of Alberta
Richard Wagner - Florida State University
Hua-Chen Wang - Macquarie University
Jeanne Wanzek - Vanderbilt University
Jo Taylor - University of College London
Kate Nation - University of Oxford
Holly Joseph - University of Reading
Kevin Paterson - University of Leicester
Janet Vousden Paterson - Nottingham Trent University
Laura Shapiro - Aston University
Fiona Kyle - University College London
Sanne van der Kleij - University of Birmingham
Helen Breadmore - University of Birmingham
Abstracting and indexing
Scientific Studies of Reading is abstracted/indexed in:
• EBSCOhost
° Academic Search Alumni Edition
° Academic Search Complete
° Academic Search Elite
° Academic Search Premier
° Academic Search Ultimate
° Current Abstracts
° Education Research Complete
° Education Research Index
° Education Source
° Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
° Professional Development Collection
° PsychINFO
° TOC Premier
• Elsevier BV
° Scopus
• E-psyche
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
• Gale
° MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
• National Library of Medicine
° PubMed
• Ovid
• ProQuest
° Education Database
° Health & Medical Collection
° Health Research Premium Collection
° Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (Online), Core
° Professional ProQuest Central
° ProQuest 5000
° ProQuest 5000 International
° ProQuest Central
° Psychology Database
° Research Library
° Social Science Premium Collection
• Taylor & Francis;
° Educational Research Abstracts Online
• Thomson Reuters
° Current Contents
° Social Sciences Citation Index
° Web of Science
• Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
° Linguistics Abstracts (Online)
Open access
Scientific Studies of Reading 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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News, offers and calls for papers
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Society information
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading
Society website: http://www.triplesr.org/
About SSSR:
The purpose of SSSR is to promote the scientific study of reading and to disseminate information about reading and related areas such as language and literacy.
To become a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading , complete the online membership application form. [ http://www.triplesr.org/join-renew]
For more information please contact [email protected]
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