Action Learning

Action Learning is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Management and Organizational Studies, Organizational Learning and Leadership and Complex Systems and Decision Making, together about 56.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Action Learning : Research & Practice will publish articles which advance knowledge and assist the development of practice through the processes of action learning. Articles should aim to create theory, grounded in empirical observation of data and experience, that widens understanding of action learning and research in professional and organisational settings. Papers should encourage practitioners to gain new insights into their work and help them improve their effectiveness and contribution to their clients and the wider community.Action learning is grounded in the approach pioneered by Reg Revans which holds that there can be no learning without action and no knowing without the effort to practise and implement what is claimed as knowledge. Because action learning promotes the creative integration of thinking & doing, theory & practice, academic & practitioner, contributors are asked to strive to hold these often diverse perspectives together. An important question in assessing papers will be: “Is this likely to help people in the further development of their practice in working with people, organisations and communities?” Articles which cross the conventional boundaries of professions, organisations and communities are particularly welcome. Action Learning: Research & Practice will address a wide audience spanning many worlds of professional practice. The editors place particular value upon writing which is clear, direct, accessible, and well-organised. Action Learning: Research & Practice will publish three types of contribution: Refereed papers: Submissions should be between 3000 and 6000 words in length. Accounts of Practice: Submissions are usually within a range of 2,000-3,500 words. Reviews: including review articles, surveys of fields of practice, conference reports and book reviews of recent relevant publications. Peer Review Policy: All refereed papers in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Accounts of Practice are reviewed by the Editorial Board. These articles should express the concept of action learning by presenting examples of, and explaining how, action learning has led to the development of new perspectives and new ideas and how the practitioner has changed practice because of insights gained through collaborative learning. An abstract of 100-200 words should accompany accounts of practice of up to 5000 words. For further infor

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Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

CAS Journal Ranking

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Other: EBSCO, RePEc, Australian Education Index (AEI), Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Ergonomics Abstracts

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

2.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.31LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.31Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SNIP 2026-06

1.31LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.31Publisher website · 2026-09-29

h-index

48OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

215OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.09OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

14.67%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

34LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

76,000Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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Acceptance rate (publisher)

18%Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to first decision

5 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

14 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1476-7333

Electronic ISSN

1476-7341

Latest issue on the website

Volume 23, Issue 2 (2026)

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