Educational Research is an international peer-reviewed research journal which, since its inception in 1958, has contributed as a leading international forum for informed thinking on all issues of contemporary concern in education.
As the journal of the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), Educational Research is committed to publishing research of interest to academics, researchers and those concerned with mediating research findings to policy makers and practitioners. The journal presents research in a way that is accessible for the educational reader who may not share an author’s particular specialism or context.
The journal has a deliberately broad scope and publishes quantitative and qualitative research articles, literature reviews, and theoretical discussion pieces concerned with critical inquiry in and of education. This wide coverage enables discussion of topical issues and policies affecting education and educational establishments worldwide.
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
406K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.7 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
4.1 (2023) 5 year IF
4.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.596 (2023) SNIP
0.801 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
7 days avg. from submission to first
decision
22 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
6% 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.
Editors: Julie Nelson - National Foundation for Educational Research, UK Felicity Fletcher-Campbell - The Open University, UK
Journal Administrator: Janine Stevens -National Foundation for Educational Research, UK
Editorial Assistant: Catherine Higginson -National Foundation for Educational Research, UK Editorial Board: Lesley Duff (Chair)-National Foundation for Educational Research, UK Gabriella Agrusti-LUMSA University, Italy Paul Croll -University of Reading, UK Sheelagh Drudy -University College Dublin, Ireland Juliet Kotonya -National Foundation for Educational Research, UK David Pye-Local Government Association, UK Amanda Taylor -National Foundation for Educational Research, UK
Editorial Panel: Tom Benton -Cambridge Assessment, UK Anneka Dawson -Institute for Employment Studies, UK Julie Dockrell -UCL Institute of Education, UK Rolf B. Fasting -Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway Philip Fine -University of Buckingham, UK Loise Gichuhi -University of Nairobi, Kenya Andreas Hadjar- University of Fribourg, Switzerland Peter Hick -Edge Hill University, UK Priyadarshani Joshi -GEM Report, UNESCO Sarah Lynch -National Foundation for Educational Research, UK Jane Nicholas -Independent consultant, UK Kènia Puig I Planella -Post-Primary Languages Initiative, Ireland Nicholas Raikes -Cambridge Assessment, UK Oliver Stacey- Qualifications Wales, UK Joan Stephenson -University of Limerick, Ireland Harry Torrance -Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Matt Walker -National Foundation for Educational Research, UK Kathryn Wilkinson-University of Exeter, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Educational Research is listed in the Academic Search; Article@INIST (Institute for Scientific and Technical Information); Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List; British Education Index; ChildData Abstracts; ChildData CD Rom; ChildData on the web; EBSCO host EJS; EBSCO CD Rom Database; Education Journal; Educational Index; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); Education Resources Information Center (ERIC); ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities, Pedagogical and Educational Research); FRANCIS; G. F. Heise Indexing; H. W. Wilson Indexing Services; IBR (International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences); IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences); ISI Current Contents Social & Behavioral Sciences; ISI Social Sciences Citation Index; MLA International Bibliography; National Children’s Bureau; Psychological Abstracts; PsycINFO; Research into Higher Education Abstracts; SCOPUS®; Social Sciences Biblio Inform/ BLPES and VOCEDplus.
Open access
Educational Research 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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