About this journal
Aims and scope
Learning: Research and Practice is an international journal of education that recognizes the complexities of interactions between different approaches to understanding the phenomena of learning. We aim to highlight novel perspectives on how learning occurs, the relationships between knowledge, learners, their peers, educators, and tools, and how these processes can be supported or even enhanced, as well as its normative prescription. We are open to inquiries about learning in its various sites, in contexts in and out of schools and other institutions, and across the entire life span when it happens. In particular, practices of learning with in-depth case reports are encouraged.
Additionally, work that foregrounds the relationship between learning and technology is a priority for this journal. Because technologies are not neutral or politically agnostic artefacts, research that recognises the contexts in which technologies are designed and deployed, as well as the theoretical mechanisms for how learning is improved (or possibly harmed) with technology, will be a feature of this journal.
Diverse levels of analysis have been proposed, ranging from the micro-genetic to the ecological. While significant gains have been reported, the challenge remains in developing an integrative comprehension. What role, for instance, might a social collaborative approach to learning play in emotions or cognition? How do artefacts influence embodied interactions and create cultures of learning? What may be sociocultural, political, and contextual influences on the design of learning artefacts, systems, and environments; and what may be its outcomes? While not meant to be exhaustive, these are some suggestive lines of inquiry that we want to curate.
While theories of learning provide hard won knowledge of good general utility, it is nonetheless important to guard against a mechanistic, reductionist perspective that simply assumes all human interaction must proceed apace. The practice of learning presents challenges in the form of complexity that prevents us adopting such hubris. We therefore also welcome case reports that present the metaphorical black swan and invite the community to puzzle along in explanation.
Contributions that are supported by a variety of theoretical orientations, drawing from, but not limited to, anthropology, cognitive psychology, cognitive sciences, computational sciences, curriculum and instruction, educational neuroscience, educational psychology, educational technology, learning sciences, and sociology are welcome. We are also open to all methodological approaches including quantitative, qualitative, developmental, design-based and mixed methods.
Published Sections
Learning: Research and Practice accepts both established and emerging epistemic warranting methods, and welcomes theoretical investigations and empirical studies. The journal welcomes submissions for the following sections:
- Research Articles (6,000 words): articles of empirically supported studies on learning, or extended theoretical arguments.
- Brief Reports (3,000 words): reports of innovative current work at earlier stages of idea conceptualisation and/or empirical exploration that is of high value to learning researchers and practitioners.
- Letter to the Editor / Article Commentary (1,000 words): article commentaries, responses to commentaries, and/or discussions of general relevance.
- Book Reviews (1,000 words): reviews to provide recommendations to the scholarly community.
For other lengths and types of articles, please write directly to the editor.
Peer Review Integrity
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Readership
Researchers, educators, policy-makers, school leaders
Keywords
Learning Sciences, Educational Research, Learning and Instruction, Educational Psychology, Educational Technology
STAR
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 50K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.813 (2023) SNIP
- 0.369 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 12 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 143 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 14% 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
Elizabeth Koh - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Chen Wenli - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Associate Editors
Azilawati Jamaludin - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Vicente Reyes - University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Yann Shiou Ong - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Michael Tan - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jennifer Yeo - Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore
Katherine Guangji Yuan - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Editorial Advisory Board
Ching-sing Chai - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Bodong Chen - University of Pennsylvania, United States
Young Hoan Cho - Seoul National University, South Korea
Frank Fischer - Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Andy Goodwyn - University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
David Hung - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Nancy Law - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Lijia Lin - University of Macau, China
Chee Kit Looi - The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Camillia Matuk - New York University, United States
Hyo-Jeong So - Ewha Womans University, South Korea
Kok-Sing Tang - Curtin University, Australia
Jingjing Zhang - Beijing Normal University, China
Book Review Editor
Michael Tan - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Editorial Administrator
Aishah Anuar - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Abstracting and indexing
Learning: Research and Practice is abstracted/indexed in Scopus, Educational Research Abstracts Online (ERA), Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), ACER, and CrossRef.
Open access
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