Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Art Education
ISSN 0004-3125 · eISSN 2325-5161 · Taylor & Francis
Art Education: subscription journal; APC about USD 3,250; median 305 days to acceptance (69 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 64% (journal website); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Art Education is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art Education and Development, Contemporary art, education, critique and Artistic and Creative Research, together about 60.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Art Education, the official journal of the National Art Education Association (NAEA), covers a diverse range of topics dealing with subjects of professional interest to art educators. It is published bi-monthly in full-color, and each issue features an Instructional Resource section—making Art Education a great addition to every teacher's reference library. This refereed journal maintains and supports the mission of the National Art Education Association—to advance visual arts education to fulfill human potential and promote global understanding—and provides for the NAEA membership a compendium that addresses the broad range of needs and interests particularly related to translating theory and research into practice. Manuscripts are welcome at all times and on any aspect of art or design education. Please send files prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Author Guidelines found here.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art Education and DevelopmentArts and Humanities40.3%
- Contemporary art, education, critiqueSocial Sciences11.9%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities8.7%
- Diverse Music Education InsightsArts and Humanities6.1%
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities3.9%
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities3.2%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities2.8%
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences2.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q1 | 137/697 | 80th |
| Education | Q4 | 1291/1698 | 23rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERICPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.66Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 582OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.83OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 89,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,454 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 5 | 675 |
| 2025 | 50 | 12 | 1,098 |
| 2024 | 42 | 8 | 1,190 |
| 2023 | 56 | 11 | 1,420 |
| 2022 | 74 | 15 | 2,138 |
| 2021 | 61 | 5 | 1,532 |
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
305 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 223 days – 358 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 109 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 429 days
- Sample
- 69 articles with submission and acceptance dates (87 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)
- 64%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 95 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 95 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 109 daysPublisher 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 | USD 3,250 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Art 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 and readershi…
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
- 0004-3125
- Electronic ISSN
- 2325-5161
- Society / sponsor
- National Art Education Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 79, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Art Education
How long does peer review take at Art Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 69 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 305 days (interquartile range 223–358 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 64%. 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 Art Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Art Education is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Art Education open access, and what is the APC?
Art Education is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,250.
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: .