Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
DDS-Die Deutsche Schule
ISSN 0012-0731 · Waxmann Verlag GmbH · Germany
DDS-Die Deutsche Schule: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
DDS-Die Deutsche Schule is published by Waxmann Verlag GmbH 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 Sociology and Education Studies, Education Methods and Technologies and Linguistic Education and Pedagogy, together about 58.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Die Deutsche Schule (DDS) ist eine traditionsreiche wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift, die eine Verbindung herstellt zwischen Bildungsforschung, Bildungspraxis, Bildungspolitik und Bildungsadministration. Ziel und Anspruch der DDS ist der Transfer wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse in die relevanten Diskurse zur Förderung der demokratischen Entwicklung und Qualität der Bildungseinrichtungen und -prozesse sowie zur Weiterentwicklung der pädagogischen Professionen. Sie richtet sich an Lehrkräfte und Schulleitungen ebenso wie an Wissenschaftler:innen und Entscheidungsträger:innen auf allen Ebenen des Bildungssystems.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sociology and Education StudiesSocial Sciences31.6%
- Education Methods and TechnologiesSocial Sciences21.3%
- Linguistic Education and PedagogyArts and Humanities5.4%
- Psychology, Coaching, and TherapyPsychology5.3%
- Public Administration and Political AnalysisSocial Sciences4.2%
- German legal, social, and political studiesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Educational Assessment and ImprovementDecision Sciences3%
- Collaborative Teaching and InclusionSocial Sciences2.4%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 453 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 2 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 6 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 53 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 88 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 105 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 198 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial 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 | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Waxmann Verlag GmbH
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- German, English
- ISSN
- 0012-0731
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about DDS-Die Deutsche Schule
What CAS zone is DDS-Die Deutsche Schule in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, DDS-Die Deutsche Schule 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 4 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at DDS-Die Deutsche Schule?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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.
Which databases index DDS-Die Deutsche Schule?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, DDS-Die Deutsche Schule is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is DDS-Die Deutsche Schule open access, and what is the APC?
DDS-Die Deutsche Schule 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: .