Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
Action in Teacher Education
ISSN 0162-6620 · eISSN 2158-6098 · Taylor & Francis
Action in Teacher Education: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 395 days to acceptance (42 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 4% (journal website); 18 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Action in Teacher Education is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Action in Teacher Education is published as a service to members of the Association of Teacher Educators and people concerned with teacher education. This journal serves as a forum for the exchange of information and ideas related to the improvement of teacher education and teacher educators in all capacities. Articles focus upon concepts, practices and research that offer implications and applicability for practitioners involved with teacher education. Though the primary audience is national, international studies that make clear connections to a wide range of teacher education programs are welcome. Action in Teacher Education is an official publication of the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE). Manuscripts are subject to a double anonymous review. Points of view and opinions are those of individual authors and are not necessarily those of the Association. Published manuscripts are the property of ATE. Permission to reproduce articles must be requested from the editors. Thematic and non-thematic issues are published. Articles focus on pedagogical innovations and reports of empirical research and conceptual essays. Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal will undergo initial editor screening, rigorous double-anonymous peer review, and review by the editorial board.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Editor-in-chief F. Todd GoodsonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences25.7%
- Collaborative Teaching and InclusionSocial Sciences10.2%
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences7.7%
- Diverse Educational Innovations StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Education and Technology IntegrationSocial Sciences5%
- Reflective Practices in EducationSocial Sciences4.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERICPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCOhost, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Gale, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Ovid, Taylor & Francis Educational Research Abstracts Online, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.48Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.93Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 656OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.55OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 47,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,081 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 18 | 4 | 9 |
| 2024 | 33 | 5 | 110 |
| 2023 | 25 | 6 | 91 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6 | 93 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5 | 170 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
395 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 293 days – 521 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (42 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 416 days
- Sample
- 42 articles with submission and acceptance dates (49 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 118 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Action in Teacher Education is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis 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…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: initial editor screening, rigorous double-anonymous peer review, and review by the editorial board. Model summary
All articles in this journal will undergo initial editor screening, rigorous double-anonymous peer review, and review by the editorial board.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0162-6620
- Electronic ISSN
- 2158-6098
- Society / sponsor
- Association of Teacher Educators
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 48, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Action in Teacher Education
How long does peer review take at Action in Teacher Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 42 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 395 days (interquartile range 293–521 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Action in Teacher Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Action in Teacher Education is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Action in Teacher Education open access, and what is the APC?
Action in Teacher Education is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .