Journal of Education and Work is an international forum for academic research and policy analysis which focuses on the interplay of education and economic systems.
The journal examines how knowledge, skills, values and attitudes both about and for work and employment are developed within the education system. The journal also explores the various forms of industrial training and accreditation in the economic system, including changes in the economic and industrial infrastructure which influence the type of employees required. Work in the informal economy is also included.
Journal of Education and Work has a particular interest in comparative studies of skill formation and especially the transition from education to employment, how this process is structured and managed, and its effects on young people, schools, colleges, universities and employers.
The journal publishes interdisciplinary papers which reflect the multifaceted nature of the journal’s concerns. Articles are welcome from economists, psychologists, sociologists, educationalists, and policy analysts. The journal publishes case studies from practitioners which present innovation grounded in relevant literature and debate.
"There are very few if any journals of the field of vocational education and training (broadly defined) that can match the consistent quality and relevance of content attained by the Journal of Education and Work"
- Dr Ewart Keep, ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge & Organisational Performance, University of Warwick, UK
"The Journal of Education and Work ( JEW) is a crucial academic resource for scholars and students worldwide in the fields of ‘educational sociology’, the ‘sociology of work’ and ‘vocational education and training’. Most importantly, JEW attempts more than other journals in cognate fields to develop new theoretical understandings of the linkage between education, skills development, labour markets and the economy in differing national contexts."
- Dr Andre Kraak, Executive Director, Research Programme on Human Resources Development (HRD), South Africa
The Journal of Education and Work fills a crucial niche in scholarship and should get ISI recognition. In the globalized economy, the relation between education and work is becoming even more central to public policy than before, and increasing numbers of economists, sociologists, educators and work organization specialists are researching and interested in research about this relationship. The Journal itself is top-flight and is attracting interesting and high quality articles .
- Martin Carnoy, Professor of Education and Economics, Stanford University, USA
Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two anonymous referees from a panel of international scholars and researchers.
Journal metrics
Usage
183K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.5 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.9 (2023) 5 year IF
2.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.940 (2023) SNIP
0.467 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
94 days avg. from submission to first
decision
8 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
15% acceptance rate
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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.
Phil Hodkinson -School of Continuing Education,University of Leeds, UK Manuel Souto-Otero -School of Social Sciences, University of Cardiff, UK Leesa Wheelahan - University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada
Stephanie Allais -University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
James Avis -University of Huddersfield, UK Maria Balarin - Grade, Lima Peru Philip Brown - Cardiff University, UK Martin Carnoy - Stanford University, USA
Matt Dickson -University of Bath, UK Alison Fuller - UCL Institute of Education, UK Andy Green - UCL Institute of Education, UK David Guile - UCL Institute of Education, UK Jim Hordern - University of Bath, UK David James - Cardiff University, UK Kazuo Koike - Tokai Gakuen University, Japan Daphne Kouali -University of Bristol, UK Andre Kraak - University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Kalyan Kumar- University of Bath and Institute of Fiscal Studies, UK Antonia Kupfer- The Institute for Sociology, Technical University Dresden, Germany Hugh Lauder - University of Bath, UK Predrag Lazetic -University of Bath, UK Henry M. Levin - Columbia University, USA Linda Low - Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore Ulf Lundgren - Stockholm Institute of Education, Sweden Anthony Mann -Education and Employers Taskforce, UK Simon Marginson - Institute of Education, University College London Geoff Mason - National Institute of Economic and Social Research, UK Ken Mayhew - University of Oxford, UK Steven McIntosh - University of Sheffield, UK Mark Olssen- University of Surrey, UK Michael Peters - University of Waikato, New Zealand Ken Roberts- University of Liverpool, UK Andres Sandoval-Hernandez - University of Bath, UK Murray Saunders - University of Lancaster, UK Claire Smetherham- Open University, UK Rob Strathdee - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia Ian Stronach - Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Malcolm Tight - Lancaster University, UK Michael Tomlinson- University of Southampton, UK Lorna Unwin- UCLInstitute of Education, UK Suncica Vujic- University of Antwerp, Belgium Richard Watermeyer -University of Bath, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Education and Work is currently noted in: Academic Search; Australian Education Index (AEI); Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List; British Education Index; Contents Pages in Education; EBSCOhost EJS; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC); ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities, Pedagogical and Educational Research); International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS); National Database for Research into International Education (NDRI); Psychological Abstracts; psycINFO; Research into Higher Education Abstracts; SCOPUS®; Sociological Abstracts and Youth Studies Australia.
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