Journal profile
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
ISSN 1938-1611 · Georgia Southern University · United States
Current Issues in Middle Level Education: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 7 articles in 2025.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2018 (Volume 23, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Issues in Middle Level Education is published by Georgia Southern University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Education Pedagogy and Practices and Teacher Education and Assessments, together about 45.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
As the journal of the National Association of Professors of Middle Level Education (NAPOMLE), Current Issues in Middle Level Education aims to promote research and best practices for teaching and learning at the middle level. Current Issues in Middle Level Education provides a forum for middle level research studies, articles on best practices, reviews of research, literature reviews, or descriptions of programs or their initiatives. For more about the Current Issues in Middle Level Education, visit the About page. For journal policies and submission guidelines, visit the Policies page. Contact the editor at [email protected] with any questions or concerns pertaining to Current Issues in Middle Level Education. Need Help? Have a question about GS Commons? Need additional description, text alternatives, or captions for GS Commons resources? Contact us or request accessible formats (opens in new tab).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences29.9%
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences7.9%
- Teacher Education and AssessmentsSocial Sciences7.9%
- Mathematics Education and Teaching TechniquesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Education during COVID-19 pandemicSocial Sciences5.1%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences3.3%
- Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences2.8%
- Educational Leadership and PracticesSocial Sciences2.8%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 101 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 43 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- 2–4
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- best practicesBest Practices: These are rich reports of practice from the classrooms of the author(s) or in schools with whom the author(s) have collaborated.Length not stated
- description of a program or initiativeDescription of a Program or Initiative: These are descriptions of programs or initiatives to provide useful information for readers.Length not stated
- researchResearch: These are reports of original research undertaken by the author(s) and can represent a range of research paradigms.Length not stated
- reviewThe Current Issues in Middle Level Education is double-anonymized peer reviewed, and published twice per year. If you have concerns about the terms of submissio…main text ≤ 200 words · abstract ≤ 200 words
- reviews of research or literature reviewsReviews of Research or Literature Reviews: These are reviews of research or literature on a topic identified by the author(s) that is relevant to middle level e…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use
AI use must be disclosed in an acknowledgement; if AI is part of the study, describe in methods section. Model summary
All submitted work must reflect the authors' own original thinking, design, analysis, and voice. Any and all use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools must be disclosed clearly in a brief statement at the end of the manuscript (i.e., an acknowledgement).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
Authors must warrant compliance with WCAG 2.1 Level AA, including heading styles, table header rows, alt text, captions/transcripts, and not using color as sole information conveyance. Model summary
The author(s) have made a good-faith effort to ensure that the work, including all text, images, figures, tables, supplementary materials, and multimedia files, complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright & Licensing Terms
All works published in the Current Issues in Middle Level Education are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (opens in new tab) (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Copyright owners retain all rights to their work without restriction and agree to apply the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license to the final published version of their work as a condition of publi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open access (BOAI definition); users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full texts without prior permission. Model summary
The Current Issues in Middle Level Education is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
Double-anonymized peer review; Editor reviews all manuscripts for appropriateness, assigns two Reviewers; recommendations include Accept, Accept with minor revisions, Revise and resubmit, Reject; Editor may add 1-2 additional Reviewers if reviews differ; response time typically about three months fr Model summary
The Current Issues in Middle Level Education is double-anonymized peer reviewed, and published twice per year. If you have concerns about the terms of submission or review, contact the editor at [email protected]. All submissions must be previously unpublished manuscripts and must currently be submitted only to Current Issues in Middle Level Education. By submitting a work for consideration, the a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Policy
May use Similarity Check (iThenticate) to screen submissions for originality. Model summary
The Current Issues in Middle Level Education may use Similarity Check, a multi-publisher initiative, to selectively screen article submissions for originality. Similarity Check uses the iThenticate software, which checks submissions against millions of published research papers (the Similarity Check database), documents on the web, and other relevant sources. These submitted papers are not retaine…
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
- Georgia Southern University
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1938-1611
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23, Issue 1 (2018)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Issues in Middle Level Education
How long does peer review take at Current Issues in Middle Level Education?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Current Issues in Middle Level Education?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: 2–4; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Current Issues in Middle Level Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Issues in Middle Level Education is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Current Issues in Middle Level Education open access, and what is the APC?
Current Issues in Middle Level Education is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .