About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Moral Education (a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee) provides a unique interdisciplinary forum for the discussion and analysis of moral education and development throughout the lifespan. The journal encourages cross-disciplinary research and submissions across the human sciences and humanities that use a range of methodological approaches and address aspects of moral reasoning, moral emotions, motivation and moral action in various contexts (e.g., cultural, gender, family, schooling, community, leisure, work) and roles (e.g., parent, teacher, student, civic, professional). The journal encourages proposals for special issues that address a topic relevant to these aims and scope.
We encourage submissions including but not exclusively related to:
Anthropology of morality; Anti-racist education; Character education; Childhood studies; Citizenship and civic education; Cognitive development; Conflict studies; Critical theory; Diversity studies; Emotional development; Epistemology; Ethics; Family, studies; Gender studies; Interculturalism; International education; Leadership studies; Moral development; Moral psychology; Multiculturalism; Peace studies; Positive youth development; Professional ethics education; Service learning; Social development; Social justice; Socioemotional development; Sociology, History and Politics of moral education; Values education; Youth studies; Wisdom studies.
The journal does not normally publish papers (for example about philosophical, historical or religious themes) that have no educational or developmental component to them.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
THE JOURNAL OF MORAL EDUCATION TRUST
The Journal of Moral Education Trust, established in 1997-8, is a Charity. According to its constitution its trustees are UK residents; they are currently: Jim Conroy (Chair), Neil Ferguson (Secretary/Treasurer), Brian Gates, Janet Orchard, Michael Reiss and Monica Taylor. The trustees are supported by an international advisory board of invited scholars. Its objectives are to support high quality innovative and scholarly activity and research including work in moral development, civics and citizenship education. Studies from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives are encouraged including (but not exhausted by) psychology, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, economics, history and literature.
The Trust’s revenue is entirely derived from income from the Journal of Moral Education (JME), which it owns. The Journal provides a unique interdisciplinary forum for the discussion and analysis of moral education and development throughout the lifespan. The Journal is administered by an Editor and team of Assistant Editors, appointed by the Trust, and supported by an international Editorial Board. Now in its 45th year, the Journal is published quarterly; one issue a year usually focuses on a special topic.
Two international organisations – The Association for Moral Education (AME) and the Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education (APNME) – are affiliated to the Trust. Members receive JME at a specially discounted subscription rate. There are liaison representatives between these organisations and the Trust which supports some attendance and sessions at their annual conferences. In particular, the Trust jointly sponsors the AME Grant scheme to support the attendance of junior scholars.
The Trust has sought in recent years to expand and diversify the scope of its activities to support moral education and development in the UK and internationally. It has funded a number of research projects in its own right, and since 2015 has partnered with the British Academy to fund one or more small research projects annually. More recently, it has begun to organise international workshops on topics of concern to the moral education community. The Trust invites comments and suggestions for future activities in moral education. Contact: Prof. Jim Conroy [email protected]
Journal metrics
Usage
- 164K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.3 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.847 (2023) SNIP
- 0.800 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 6 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 52 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 31 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 16% 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.
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
JME Trustees
The JME Trust is a UK-based Charitable Company (Limited by Guarantee) whose revenue is entirely derived from income from the JME, which it owns. Its present trustees are Jim Conroy (chair), Neil Ferguson (treasurer), Brian Gates, Janet Orchard, Michael Reiss and Monica Taylor.
Editor
Kristján Kristjánsson – University of Birmingham, UK
Associate Editors
Susana Frisancho - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
Tobias Krettenauer – Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Wiel Veugelers – University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands
Editorial Administrator
Gemma Banks – [email protected]
AME/JMET Representatives
JMET representative to AME: Janet Orchard – University of Bristol, UK
AME representative to JMET: Kaye V. Cook – Gordon College, USA
JMET/APNME Representatives:
JMET to APNME: Monica Taylor, former JME Editor
APNME to JMET: Maosen Li – Renmin University, China
Editorial Board Members
Michael Reiss (Chair) – University College London, UK
Wolfgang Althof – University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA
Ulisses Araujo – University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Alicia Barreiro – Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Argentina), National Council of Scientific and Technical Research and University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Heather Battaly – University of Connecticut, USA
Jan Boom – Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Yen-Hsin Chen – National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan
Kendall Cotton Bronk – Claremont Graduate University, USA
Anne Colby – University of Stanford, USA
Jim Conroy – University of Glasgow, UK
Randall Curren – University of Rochester, USA
Isolde de Groot – University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Neil Ferguson – Liverpool Hope University College, UK
Blaine J. Fowers – University of Miami, USA
Liz Gulliford – University of Birmingham , UK
Hyemin Han – University of Alabama, USA
David Hansen – Columbia University, New York, USA
Fanli Jia – Seton Hall University, USA
Elina Kuusisto – Tampere University, Finland
Maosen Li – Renmin University, People’s Republic of China
Bruce Maxwell – University of Montreal, Canada
Jessica McKenzie – California State University, USA
Allegra Midgette – Texas A&M University, USA
Gerhard Minnameier – University of Frankfurt, Germany
Janet Orchard – University of Bristol, UK
Andrew Peterson – University of Birmingham, UK
Anders Schinkel – Vu University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jason Stephens – University of Auckland, New Zealand
Steve Thoma – University of Alabama, USA
Kirsi Tirri – University of Helsinki, Finland
Maria Silvia Vaccarezza – University of Genoa, Italy
David I. Walker – University of Alabama, USA
Yayoi Watanabe – Hosei University, Japan
Jennifer Wright – College of Charleston, USA
Meiyao Wu – National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
Xu Zhao - University of Calgary, Canada
Honorary Associates
Dwight Boyd – Professor of Theory and Policy Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada
Don Locke – Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK
Monica Taylor – Honorary President Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education, former Editor JME 1976-2011
Abstracting and indexing
Open access
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- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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