About this journal
Aims and scope
Science Activities publishes innovative manuscripts that will provide teachers and educators with the best classroom-tested projects, experiments, and curriculum ideas that promote science, inquiry through active learning experiences. Journal editors encourage submissions that integrate science throughout all disciplines that can include but not limited to the biological, physical, environmental, chemical, and earth sciences. We also support manuscripts that integrate across other disciplines, such as English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics as well as English Language Learners and Special Education.
Written by teachers and other educators, the feature articles are peer reviewed and cover a wide range of topics. Activities typically contain most or all of the following:
- a materials list,
- a step-by-step procedure,
- any related background information,
- any cross-curricular applications, and
- Any appropriate assessment suggestions or developed rubrics.
- Material should be original and grounded in real science. Specify necessary classroom setup and time frames for doing the project. Sources should be adequately reference and largely up-to-date; reference within the text where applicable.
- Use the active voice and the first person. Address teachers, not students; our readers are educators who want to know about your personal experiences with your topic. Organize material by headings and subheadings, and use numbered or bulleted lists to provide visual interest.
- Relate content and activities to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and if applicable to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as well as any standards relevant to the activity.
- Use the metric system when referring to physical measurements. (Nonmetric units can follow in parentheses.)
- Provide tables, diagrams, graphs, figures (artist-drawn graphics), sharp photographic images, and any other visual aids for greater article appeal. Of particular interest are samples of student work that provide evidence of the actual classroom implementation. Credit sources where necessary and include release forms for all photographs of people.
Peer Review Policy: All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 18K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- 0.6 (2023) 5 year IF
Speed/acceptance
- 0 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 14 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 27% 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
Sarah Haines, Ph.D.
Towson University
Towson, Maryland
Associate Editors
Juliann Dupuis, Ph.D.
Notre Dame of Maryland University
Baltimore, Maryland
Abstracting and indexing
Science Activities is abstracted/indexed in:
• Canada in Context
• De Gruyter Saur
° Dietrich's Index Philosophicus
° IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur
° Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur
• EBSCOhost
° Academic Search Alumni Edition
° Academic Search Complete
° Academic Search Elite
° Academic Search Premier
° Academic Search R&D
° Academic Search: Main Edition
° Advanced Placement Source
° Biotechnology Source
° Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson)
° Canadian Reference Centre
° Canadian Reference Centre: Main Edition
° Current Abstracts
° Education Abstracts (H.W. Wilson)
° Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
° Education Index (Online)
° Education Research Complete
° Education Research Index
° Education Source
° General Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
° MainFile
° MasterFILE Complete
° MasterFILE Elite
° MasterFILE Premier
° MasterFILE: Main Edition
° OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson)
° OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson)
° Professional Development Collection
° Professional Development Collection: Main Edition
° Science and Technology Collection
° Science Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson)
° Science Reference Center
° STM Source
° Teacher Reference Center
° TOC Premier (Table of Contents)
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
• Gale
° Academic OneFile
° Advanced Placement Science Collection
° CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index)
° Educator's Reference Complete
° Expanded Academic ASAP
° General OneFile
° General Reference Center
° General Reference Center Gold
° General Reference Centre International
° General Science Collection
° InfoTrac Custom
° InfoTrac Junior Edition
° InfoTrac Kids Edition
° InfoTrac Student Edition
° Professional Collection
° Science in Context
• Magazine Index Plus
• National Library of Medicine
° PubMed
• OCLC
° Education Index (Online)
• Ovid
• ProQuest
° Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
° Biological Science Database
° Earth, Atmospheric, & Aquatic Science Database
° Education Collection
° Education Database
° Professional ProQuest Central
° ProQuest 5000
° ProQuest 5000 International
° ProQuest Agricultural Science Collection
° ProQuest Aquatic Science Collection
° ProQuest Atmospheric Science Collection
° ProQuest Central
° ProQuest Earth Science Collection
° ProQuest Engineering Collection
° ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
° ProQuest Materials Science Collection
° ProQuest Natural Science Collection
° ProQuest Professional Education
° ProQuest Science Journals
° ProQuest SciTech Collection
° Research Library
° Social Science Premium Collection
°Technology Collection
• Science Reference Center: Main Edition
• Taylor & Francis
° Educational Research Abstracts Online
• Thomson Reuters
° Emerging Sources Citation Index
° Web of Science
Open access
Science Activities 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.
Why choose open access?
- 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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