British Journal of Sociology of Education

British Journal of Sociology of Education is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Educational Policies and Reforms, Global Education and Multiculturalism and Youth Education and Societal Dynamics, together about 30.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

British Journal of Sociology of Education is one of the most renowned international scholarly journals in the field. The journal publishes high quality original, theoretically informed analyses of the relationship between education and society, and has an outstanding record of addressing major global debates about the social significance and impact of educational policy, provision, processes and practice in many countries around the world. The journal engages with a diverse range of contemporary and emergent social theories along with a wide range of methodological approaches. Articles investigate the discursive politics of education, social stratification and mobility, the social dimensions of all aspects of pedagogy and the curriculum, and the experiences of all those involved, from the most privileged to the most disadvantaged. The vitality of the journal is sustained by its commitment to offer independent, critical evaluations of the ways in which education interfaces with local, national, regional and global developments, contexts and agendas in all phases of formal and informal education. Contributions are expected to take into account the wide international readership of British Journal of Sociology of Education, and exhibit knowledge of previously published articles in the field. Submissions should be well located within sociological theory, and should not only be rigorous and reflexive methodologically, but also offer original insights to educational problems and or perspectives. Authors should only select a special issue in the submission system if their abstract has been accepted by the guest editors of that issue. Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees from the journal's Editorial Board. This ensures the world class quality of the journal and maintains the continuity of sociological debate.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 25%); most named United Kingdom 3, Mainland China 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
• 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

SSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Web of SciencePsycINFOERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: ProQuest, Academic Search, ArticleFirst, ASSIA, Australian Education Index, British Education Index, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, CSA Sociological Abstracts, Communication Abstracts, Current Abstracts, Education Research Index, Education Source, Educational Administration Abstracts, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), FRANCIS, Gender Studies Database, Political Science Complete, Professional Development Collection, Research into Higher Education Abstracts, SocINDEX, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts, Teacher Reference Center

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.

Impact

Impact factor

2.07LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.1Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.9Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

4.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

4.3Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.9Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

1.53LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.53Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

131OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,424OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.54OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

14.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

34.06%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

98LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

489,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

25%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

12 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

102 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

16 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

0142-5692

Electronic ISSN

1465-3346

Latest issue on the website

Volume 47, Issue 6 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website