Pastoral Care in Education: An International Journal of Personal, Social and Emotional Development is directed at teachers/educators, professionals, researchers and academics who are concerned with the pastoral care, emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people across all formal and informal educational settings.
Contributions are encouraged on a wide range of pastoral care themes including (but not limited to) children’s emotional health and wellbeing, evaluations of school-based interventions, reviews of the curriculum, teacher education and professional development, and particular methodological approaches. Authors are encouraged to read recent issues of the journal to appreciate the full diversity of theme and approach taken.
Pastoral Care in Education welcomes articles that draw on a range of research methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods etc.) as well as systematic reviews, conceptual/theoretical studies and book reviews. The Editor also welcomes proposals for special issues.
Membership of the National Association for Pastoral Care in Education includes a subscription to Pastoral Care in Education. To become a member complete the membership form at www.napce.org.uk/membership
Book Reviews
Anyone who has a book they wish to review or who wishes their own publication to be reviewed should contact the Book Review Editor, Giles Barrow, via email at: [email protected]. A date for submitting reviews will be negotiable with the Book Review Editor.
Peer Review Policy:
All articles published outside of a special issue in this journal have undergone rigorous double anonymous peer review based on initial Editor screening and refereeing by two anonymous referees from a panel of international scholars and researchers. The editorial board are used and other scholars who have expertise in the appropriate areas.
Special issue articles follow a different review process. The special issue Guest Editors (of which there are two or more per special issue) can either complete the review process for submissions amongst themselves, without sending to external reviewers, or they can use existing peer review systems to facilitate external peer review. This arrangement takes into account the fact that special issues in this journal require a high level of specific subject expertise and knowledge that may not otherwise be available from the broader editorial board. If the special issue Guest Editor is the author of an original article submitted to the special issue, the peer review process will be completed by the Editor of PCIE, and the Guest Editor will have no input into the editorial and review process.
Journal metrics
Usage
128K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.9 (2023) Impact Factor
1.2 (2023) 5 year IF
2.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.666 (2023) SNIP
0.447 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
49 days avg. from submission to first
decision
76 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
9 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
44% 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.
President of NAPCE: Professor Richard Pring -University of Oxford, UK
Editorial Board:
Max Biddulph-University of Nottingham, UK Julianne Brown (Acting Chair) - Wellbeing Specialist, International Education Helen Cowie- University of Surrey, UK Anne Emerson- University of Nottingham, UK Eleanor Formby (Chair)- Sheffield Hallam University, UK Phil Jones (Chair of NAPCE) John Keenan - Birmingham Newham University, UK Jill Robson (NAPCE Treasurer and Secretary) Dave Trotman- Newman University, Birmingham, UK
International Associate Editors: Carmel Cefai - University of Malta, Malta Deborah Green -University of South Australia, Australia Bruce Johnson - University of South Australia, Australia Carol Mutch - Christchurch College of Education, New Zealand Grace Onchwari - University of North Dakota, USA Ken Rigby - University of South Australia, Australia Barbara A. Spears - University of South Australia, Australia Mantak Yuen - The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Journal Administrator: Mark Shields - Stranmillis University College, Belfast, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List; British Education Index; Contents Pages in Education; Educational Research Abstracts online; Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC); Emerging Sources Citation Index; ERIH and National Children's Bureau.
Open access
Pastoral Care in 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.
NAPCE is a well established and thriving association representing some 700 members. These are mainly UK secondary schools, but also include primary schools and colleges of further education, advisers, inspectors, lecturers, consultants, together with an increasing number of beginner and newly qualified teachers. Members are also to be found in English-speaking and other countries.
Our concerns address the achievement of all pupils across the whole curriculum, recording achievement, guidance, personal-social education and management of these in a whole school approach.
The association operates through an active journal and other publications plus its annual conference.
A personal subscription to Pastoral Care in Education is a benefit of NAPCE membership. To become a member please complete the membership form.
Print ISSN:
0264-3944
Online ISSN:
1468-0122
4 issues a year.
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