Research in Science & Technological Education is an original research journal publishing international perspectives on science and/or design technology education. Scholarly research that investigates and interrogates the psychological, sociological, economic and organisational aspects of science and design technology education, as well as developments within the global curriculum is encouraged.
The journal presents researchers, academics and practitioners working in and with science and technological education with the opportunity to articulate their findings in an international forum. Articles are expected to provide up-to-date and innovative commentaries on effective practices, behaviours and curricula within science and design technology education in both formal and informal learning settings.
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
134K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.0 (2023) 5 year IF
5.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.391 (2023) SNIP
0.714 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
34 days avg. from submission to first
decision
126 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
8 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
24% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
Sarah Earle - Bath Spa University, UK Chris Harrison - King's College London, UK
Associate Editor:
Jack Pun - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Founding Editor:
William J. Wilkinson - Science Education Centre, University of Hull, UK
Editorial Advisory Board:
Indria Banner - University of Leeds, UK Maria Berge - Umea University, Sweden Martin Bilek - Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Richard Brock - King’s College, UK Gultekin Cakmakci - Hacettepe University, Turkey Kennedy K. H. Chan -University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Ann Childs - University of Oxford, UK Vaille Dawson- University of Western Australia, Australia Justin Dillon - University of Bristol, London, UK Markus Emden - Zurich University of Teacher Education, Switzerland Sibel Erduran - University of Oxford, UK Barry J. Fraser - Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Mavis Haigh-University of Auckland, New Zealand Pitt Hild- Fribourg University of Teacher Education, Switzerland Judith Hillier - University of Oxford, UK Serhat Irez- Marmara University, Turkey Kason Ka Ching Cheung - University of Oxford, UK Jari Lavonen -University of Helsinki, Finland Deb McGregor- Oxford Brookes University, UK Colette Murphy- Colette Murphy Trinity College, Ireland Birgitte Nielsen- Aarhus University, Denmark Kenneth Ngcoza- Rhodes University, SA Mary Oliver -University of Nottingham, UK Ilka Parchmann - IPN, University of Kiel, Germany Marta Romero Ariza - University of Jaén, Spain Christine Redman - University of Melbourne, Australia Jenny Sullivan- Umea University, Sweden Aik Ling Tan - Aik Ling Tan Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Chin-Chung Tsai - National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Rob Toplis - Brunel University, UK David Treagust - Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Georgios Tsaparlis- University of Ioannina, Greece Andreas Vorholzer- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany Paul Webb- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, SA ZhiMin Xiao- University of Exeter, UK
Updated 17 May 2023
Abstracting and indexing
Research in Science & Technological Education is abstracted in Academic Search; Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index; EBSCO Online; EBSCO CD Rom Database; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); Education Resources Information Center (ERIC); ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities, Pedagogical and Educational Research); Research into Higher Education Abstracts and Telescan/American Association for Higher Education and SCOPUS®; Social Sciences Citation Index.
Open access
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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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