Compare-A Journal of Comparative and International Education

Compare-A Journal of Comparative and International 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 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, together about 42.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Comparative and international studies in education address themes of major interest to policy makers and academics. They illuminate the role of education in development, in maintaining or challenging the existing social order, and the interaction of the local, the national and the global in education systems, institutions and practices. Compare publishes such research as it relates to educational development and change in different parts of the world. It seeks analyses of educational discourse, policy and practice across disciplines, and their implications for teaching, learning and governance. The editors welcome papers which reflect on practice from early childhood to the end of adult life, in formal and non-formal education and learning. All papers should include a comparative and/or international dimension. We define ‘comparative’ in its widest sense – papers do not need to be comparing different countries or contexts, but may be comparing across time, cultures (e.g. insider/outsider perspectives) or between different groups or systems (e.g. indigenous and mainstream education). However, all papers, including single country case studies, must engage with wider theories and debates in the field of comparative and international education and must include a global perspective. In particular, we are seeking originality and articles that bring a new and fresh perspective to a topic or theory. Case studies of under-researched aspects of the field and countries about which little is known also have our keen interest. In all cases, the context which is focused on in the article must be discussed clearly. Apart from engaging with the wider literature, papers must be empirically and methodologically robust. All articles are subject to anonymous reviews to ensure high quality and originality. Compare is striving to be inclusive of a range of writing genres and knowledge traditions in an effort to engender greater equality/representation in academic publishing. This means that we are particularly interested in papers challenging dominant paradigms and offering alternative approaches in terms of theories or methodologies in educational research. In recent years Compare has experienced a high and growing number of submissions. As the journal can accommodate only a limited number of articles per year, we have had to become more selective in accepting papers for publication. We strongly recommend that authors read our aims and scope carefully before submitting their p

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 17%); most named United Kingdom 2, Greece 2, Mainland China 1, Canada 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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 SciencePubMedERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: ProQuest, Academic Search, Advanced Placement Source, ArticleFirst, Arts and Humanities Search, Australian Education Index Online (AEI), Bibliography of Asian Studies (Online), British Education Index (BEI), Current Abstracts, Database of Research on International Education, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Education Research Complete, Education Research Index, Education Source, Educational Administration Abstracts, Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), Electronic Collections Online, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ), Professional Development Collection, Public Affairs Index, Research into Higher Education Abstracts, SocINDEX, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts, Teacher Reference Center

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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

2.11LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

6.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

6.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.96LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.96Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.93LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.93Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

88OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,016OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.33OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

4.8%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

19.9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

59LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

303,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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)

11%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

43 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

190 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

44 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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.

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

0305-7925

Electronic ISSN

1469-3623

Society / sponsor

British Association for International and Comparative Education

Latest issue on the website

Volume 56, Issue 5 (2026)

Official links

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