The Journal of Geoscience Education (JGE) is a peer-reviewed publication for geoscience education research, and serves as an international forum for research concerning the pedagogy, assessment, and philosophy of teaching and learning about the geosciences and related domains. JGE is a publication of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, a non-profit, member-driven organization that supports a diverse, inclusive, and thriving community of educators and education researchers to improve teaching and learning about the Earth.
The Journal of Geoscience Education is open to all manuscripts related to learning and teaching in geoscience and related domains. Learning and teaching are broadly construed to include all types of learning, as well as all settings in which learning can occur. Geoscience includes all Earth-related fields, including geology, oceanography, atmospheric science and meteorology, climate science, environmental science, and planetary science, among others, while related fields extend beyond the geosciences to other scientific disciplines, mathematics, and engineering, as well as the social and behaviorual sciences and the humanities.
We publish four types of articles:
Research Articles include both empirical studies of a particular research question and new theoretical or philosophical approaches.
Curriculum and Instruction papers describe new teaching materials or methods and provide evidence for their effectiveness.
Literature Reviews synthesize and evaluate the published literature on a topic within geoscience education research or practice.
Commentaries provide a critical or alternative viewpoint on a key issue or provide insight into an important development that is of broad interest to geoscience educators or researchers.
JGE is committed to peer-review integrity and uphold the highest standards of review. Manuscripts that meet our aims and scope will be single anonymized peer-reviewed by expert referees.
For more information about submitting to JGE, please see Information for Authors.
Journal metrics
Usage
87K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.056 (2023) SNIP
0.442 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
44 days avg. from submission to first
decision
22 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
61% 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.
Samuel Cornelius Nyarko,Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Heather Petcovic,Western Michigan University
Ilyse Resnick,University of Canberra, Australia
Emily Scribner,Clemson University
Nicholas Soltis,University of Indianapolis
Clara Vasconcelos,Porto University
Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of Geoscience Education is abstracted/indexed in:
American Statistical Association
Current Index to Statistics (Online)
EBSCOhost
Arctic & Antarctic Regions (A A R)
Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson)
Current Abstracts
Education Research Index
GeoRef
TOC Premier (Table of Contents)
Elsevier BV
GEOBASE
Scopus/Scimago
OCLC
Ovid
GeoRef
ProQuest
Earth, Atmospheric, & Aquatic Science Database
Education Collection
Education Database
GeoRef
Materials Science & Engineering Database
Natural Science Collection
Professional ProQuest Central
ProQuest 5000
ProQuest 5000 International
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Earth Science Collection
ProQuest Engineering Collection
ProQuest Science Journals
ProQuest SciTech Collection
SciTech Premium Collection
Social Science Premium Collection
STEM Database
Technology Collection
Open access
Journal of Geoscience 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.
The National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) supports a diverse, inclusive, and thriving community of educators and education researchers to improve teaching and learning about the Earth. Founded in 1983, NAGT is a membership-driven organization that includes 2-year and 4-year college and university faculty, K-12 teachers, informal educators, geoscience professionals, graduate and undergraduate students, and others who are committed to excellence in teaching excellence and the preparation of productive, responsible citizens who understand the complexity and vulnerability of the planet that sustains all of us.
The goals of NAGT are:
To foster improvements in the teaching and learning about Earth as a system at all levels of formal and informal instruction;
To emphasize the societal relevance of geoscience and its cultural significance for all people;
To foster and disseminate research in geoscience education;
To promote the professional growth of our members.
The Journal of Geoscience Education began as the Journal of Geological Education in 1951 and was the publication of record of NAGT. Members receive the journal as a benefit of their membership.
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