About this journal
Aims and scope
2018 CiteScore: 0.69 - values from Scopus
The aim of the Journal of School Choice: International Research and Reform is to publish the best scholarship on school choice and school reform from diverse disciplines and methodologies, in a timely fashion. We will do this in part by employing rigorous and intellectually diverse reviewers, and by assuring prospective authors feedback in two months or less. We will further publicize our research through our web site, conventional news media, our annual conference, and through our relationships with other organizations. School systems across the globe face reform. We aim to assure that scientific research informs the ongoing reform journey.
We seek scholarship from a range of disciplines and using a range of methodologies. We typically prefer articles to be under 7,000 words and research notes to be under 2,500 words, though exceptions will occur at the editor's discretion. In addition, we will occasionally publish essays and controversies regarding specific education policy issues.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 62K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.018 (2023) SNIP
- 0.482 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 50 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 54 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 32% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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
EDITOR
Robert Maranto, University of Arkansas
CONSULTING EDITORS
Nina Buchanan, University of Hawaii
Charles Glenn, Boston University
David Marshall, Auburn University
Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo, Portuguese Catholic University
Patrick Wolf, University of Arkansas
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Eric Wearne, Kennesaw State University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Kerry Adzima – Pennsylvania State University - Erie
Ashley Berner – Johns Hopkins University
Nihad Bunar – Stockholm University
Angela K. Dills – Western Carolina University
Pauline Dixon – University of Newcastle
Anna Egalite – NC State
Billie Gastic – NYU
Ain Grooms – University of Iowa
Daniel Hamlin – University of Oklahoma
Cary Heath – University of Louisiana
Charisse Gulosino – University of Memphis
Michael Hartney – Boston College
Rick Hess – American Enterprise Institute
Vladimir Kogan – The Ohio State University
Robin Lake – Center for Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington
David Leal – University of Texas
Andrea Maccarini – University of Padua
Matthew McCluskey – University of Vermont
Neal P. McCluskey – Cato Institute
Mike McShane – American Enterprise Institute
John Merrifield – University of Texas at San Antonio
Michael Merry – University of Amsterdam
Gary J. Miron – Western Michigan University
Youngmei Ni – University of Utah
Heather Olson Beal – Stephen F. Austin University
Vance Randall – Brigham Young University
Brian Ray – NHERI
Peter Robert – Széchenyi István University
Ben Scafidi – Kennesaw State University
M. Danish Shakeel – Harvard University
James V. Shuls – University of Missouri, St. Louis
Sandra Vergari – State University of New York, Albany
Joseph P. Viteritti – Hunter College, CUNY
Jamison White – National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of School Choice is Abstracted/Indexed in:
• De Gruyter Saur
° IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur
° Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur
• 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
° MasterFILE Complete
° MasterFILE Premier
° Military Transition Support Center
° TOC Premier (Table of Contents)
• Elsevier BV
° Scopus
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
• National Library of Medicine
° PubMed
• Ovid
• ProQuest
° PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
° Politics Collection
° Social Science Premium Collection
• Taylor & Francis
° Educational Research Abstracts Online
° Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (Online)
Open access
Journal of School Choice 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.
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- 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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