About this journal
Aims and scope
Prepared exclusively by professionals, this refereed journal publishes original manuscripts in the fields of literacy, reading, and related psychology disciplines. Articles appear in the form of completed research; practitioner-based "experiential" methods or philosophical statements; teacher and counselor preparation services for guiding all levels of reading skill development, attitudes, and interests; programs or materials; and literary or humorous contributions.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Readership:
Reading researchers, psychologists, cognitive scholars, special educators, and reading educators.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 121K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.2 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.794 (2023) SNIP
- 0.495 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 103 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 13 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 42% 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
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
William H. Rupley
Texas A&M University
Email: [email protected]
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Leily Ziglari
Chicago State University, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
FOUNDING EDITOR
Lance M. Gentile
EDITORIAL ADVISORS
Dorit Aram - ISRAELRita Bean - USA
Jeff Blacklock - USA
Raquel Cerdan - SPAIN
Earl Cheek - USA
Michael D. Coyne - USA
Thomas P. Crumpler - USA
Peggy Cuevas - USA
Mayra C. Daniel - USA
Vassiliki Diamanti - GREECE
Joanne K. Dowdy - USA
Mariam Jean Dreher - USA
Zohreh Eslami - USA
Erika Feinauer - USA
Naomi Feldman - USA
Rona F. Flippo - USA
Linda Gambrell - USA
Heriberto Godina - USA
Ernest Goetz - USA
Edurne Goikoetxea - SPAIN
Daphne Greenberg - USA
Priti D. Haria - USA
Gina L. Harrison - CANADA
Tisha Hayes - USA
Amy F. Hollenbeck - USA
Sherri Horner - USA
Nancy Ewald Jackson - USA
Leonard Katz - USA
Tamir Katzir - ISRAEL
Marcella Kehus - USA
Panayiota Kendeou - USA
Asaid Khateb - ISRAEL
John R. Kirby - CANADA
Bonnie Konopak - USA
Melanie Kuhn - USA
Elizabeth Lee - USA
Gabriel Lee - USA
Susan Davis Lenski - CANADA
Janne Lepola - FINLAND
Jeffrey Liew - USA
Joseph Magliano - USA
Donita Massengill Shaw - USA
Dixie Massey - USA
Janelle B. Mathis - USA
Patrick P. McCabe - USA
Erin McTigue - USA
Geraldine Mongillo - USA
Megan E. Moreland - USA
Erica Newhouse - USA
William D. Nichols - USA
Susan J. Parault - USA
Liory Fern Pollak - UK
Timothy Rasinski - USA
Theresa Roberts - USA
Mary F. Roe - USA
Alysia D. Roehrig - USA
Julie Rosenthal - USA
John Sabatini - USA
Mark Sadoski - USA
Barbara R. Schirmer - USA
Francisca Serrano - SPAIN
Timothy Shanahan - USA
Rebecca Silverman - USA
Louise Spear-Swerling - USA
Bruce Taylor - USA
William Therrien - USA
Guy Trainin - USA
Annmarie Urso - USA
Patricia Vadasy - USA
Margaret Vaughn - USA
Jeffrey J. Walczyk - USA
Victor L. Willson - USA
Kathleen Wilson - USA
Taeko Wydell - UK
Chin Lung Yang - HONG KONG
Ruth Yopp-Edwards - USA
Janet Young - USA
Vicky Zygouris-Coe - USA
Abstracting and indexing
Reading Psychology is Abstracted/Indexed in:
• EBSCOhost
° Academic Search Alumni Edition
° Academic Search Complete
° Academic Search Elite
° Academic Search Premier
° Advanced Placement Source
° Current Abstracts
° Education Research Complete
° Education Research Index
° Education Source
° Educational Administration Abstracts
° Professional Development Collection
° Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
° TOC Premier (Table of Contents)
• Elsevier BV
° Scopus
• E-psyche
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
• Gale
° MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
• National Library of Medicine
° PubMed
• Ovid
° PsycINFO
• ProQuest
° Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (Online), Core
° Social Science Premium Collection
• Taylor & Francis
° Educational Research Abstracts Online
° Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (Online)
Open access
Reading Psychology 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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