Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Curriculum Inquiry
ISSN 0362-6784 · eISSN 1467-873X · Taylor & Francis
Curriculum Inquiry: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.74; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 71 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 13% (journal website); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Curriculum Inquiry 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 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Global Education and Multiculturalism, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Curriculum Inquiry (CI) is a leading international journal in the field of curriculum studies. It is dedicated to studies of educational experience and relationships in communities, families, schools, and other local or transnational settings, guided by critical theoretical engagements and using a range of disciplinary and methodological approaches. CI brings together the work of both established and emerging scholars from a variety of academic fields and disciplines who theorize and examine curriculum and pedagogy, broadly conceived. We invite scholarship that promotes conceptual debate and pushes against and beyond dominant understandings of educational research, theory, and practice. The journal publishes articles that explore and critique contemporary ideas, issues, trends, and problems in education, particularly those relating to curriculum, teaching and learning, teacher education, cultural practice, activist engagements, and educational research and policy. Each issue of the journal also includes a provocative and analytical editorial essay that highlights the contributions of featured authors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Arlo KempfPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences13.5%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences12%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences7.8%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.8%
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences6%
- Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences5.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
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
- 0.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.58Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.42LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.42Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 92OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 741OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 129,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,486 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 31 | 8 | 22 |
| 2024 | 24 | 10 | 47 |
| 2023 | 21 | 7 | 62 |
| 2022 | 43 | 7 | 391 |
| 2021 | 29 | 9 | 355 |
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
71 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)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 71 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 68 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
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program Model summary
Curriculum Inquiry 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 read…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Rigorous peer review for every open access article Model summary
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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
- 0362-6784
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-873X
- Society / sponsor
- University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 55, Issue 5 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Curriculum Inquiry
What CAS zone is Curriculum Inquiry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Curriculum Inquiry 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 2 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Curriculum Inquiry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.74; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 92.
How long does peer review take at Curriculum Inquiry?
The publisher reports about 71 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13%. 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 Curriculum Inquiry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Curriculum Inquiry is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Curriculum Inquiry open access, and what is the APC?
Curriculum Inquiry 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: .