Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
Alberta Journal of Educational Research
ISSN 0002-4805 · eISSN 1923-1857 · University of Alberta
Alberta Journal of Educational Research: fully open access; median 118 days to acceptance (75 articles, last 24 months); indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Alberta Journal of Educational Research is published by University of Alberta. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Educational Research and Methods and Indigenous and Place-Based Education, together about 25.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences15.8%
- Educational Research and MethodsSocial Sciences4.8%
- Indigenous and Place-Based EducationSocial Sciences4.8%
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences4.7%
- Educational Assessment and PedagogySocial Sciences4.6%
- Education, Achievement, and GiftednessPsychology4.5%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology4.5%
- Educational Leadership and PracticesSocial Sciences4.3%
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
Early warning / risk: Removed from ESCI for production reasons on 20 March 2024. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 419OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,098 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 377 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 576 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 623 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 745 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 686 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 900 |
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 PubMed · to
118 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 74 days – 245 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (60 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 150 days
- Sample
- 75 articles with submission and acceptance dates (177 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".
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Alberta
- ISSN
- 0002-4805
- Electronic ISSN
- 1923-1857
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Alberta Journal of Educational Research
How long does peer review take at Alberta Journal of Educational Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 75 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 118 days (interquartile range 74–245 days). 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 Alberta Journal of Educational Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Alberta Journal of Educational Research is indexed in Scopus.
Is Alberta Journal of Educational Research open access, and what is the APC?
Alberta Journal of Educational Research is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .