Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education
ISSN 1358-684X · eISSN 1469-3585 · Taylor & Francis
Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 27 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 28% (journal website); 44 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education 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 Literacy, Media, and Education, Multilingual Education and Policy and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, together about 36.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Changing English is an established journal for English teachers in primary, secondary and tertiary education. The journal aims to encourage international dialogue between teachers and researchers and to support teachers and schools on issues surrounding literacy and language. In particular, Changing English considers the future of English as a subject in the context of its history and the scope for development and change. Recent years have seen new arguments and new contents offered for English in many countries, at a time when governments have given issues in English teaching a new prominence and where students’ linguistic and cultural backgrounds are diverse. Changing English provides a forum for necessary debate and for evaluation of new perspectives. The editors encourage articles and reviews from writers concerned with English teaching worldwide. Contributions are welcome which discuss developments in aspects of language, literacy and literature teaching in all areas of the curriculum. Changing English is a scholarly journal with an international reputation for publishing cutting edge research in the field of English curriculum and pedagogy. One of the distinctive features of the journal is its commitment to publishing writing that crosses traditional boundaries such as that between teaching English within Anglophone settings and teaching English as a foreign or additional language. The journal encourages an equally wide range of types of scholarly writing, including narrative inquiry, case studies, practitioner inquiry and other forms of qualitative studies, rather than privileging any single template. While we do not prescribe the form that submissions to the journal might take, we welcome contributions that might be described as essays, as Montaigne used this term, when the writing itself becomes a form of inquiry that unfolds in unexpected or thought-provoking ways. Peer Review Statement: All research 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 Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief John YandellPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literacy, Media, and EducationArts and Humanities14.5%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences11.2%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities10.7%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities8%
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences7.5%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities5.6%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERICPublisher website
Other: Academic Search, Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index, Contents Pages in Education, Education Journal, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Language and Linguistics Behavior Abstracts, MLA International Bibliography
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.46Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.18Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 198OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 99,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,219 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 13 | 4 |
| 2025 | 44 | 16 | 28 |
| 2024 | 44 | 27 | 131 |
| 2023 | 39 | 14 | 94 |
| 2022 | 40 | 18 | 181 |
| 2021 | 36 | 11 | 171 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
27 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 22 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Changing English 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 reader…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review statement: all research articles undergo rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
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
- 1358-684X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-3585
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education
What CAS zone is Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education?
The publisher reports about 27 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education open access, and what is the APC?
Changing English-Studies in Culture and Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .