Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Dialogic Pedagogy
ISSN 2325-3290 · University Library System, University of Pittsburgh · United States
Dialogic Pedagogy: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 4 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Dialogic Pedagogy is published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 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 Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods and Education and Critical Thinking Development, together about 36.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
“Dialogic Pedagogy: A Journal for Studies of Dialogic Education” is an international peer-reviewed interactive online open-access journal free of charge for authors or readers. Its purpose is to advance international scholarship and pedagogical practice in the broadly defined area of dialogic education. The journal is international, multidisciplinary, multi-paradigmatic, and multicultural in scope. It accepts NEW (not previously published in English) manuscripts or translations of manuscripts previously published in other languages. The criteria for acceptance include a novel and important contribution to scholarship and/or significantly expanded previous scholarship that addresses the dialogic nature of education, teaching, and/or learning in formal institutional and informal settings. We think that the relationship between education and dialogue should not be limited to or defined by particular institutions, specific settings, the age of the participants, or fields of study, as new visions and insight on particular dialogic and educational tensions can arise from debates among paradigms, practices, and events. Hence, we encourage any research scholars and practitioners with an interest in dialogue and education to submit articles for editorial consideration. We encourage pioneers, visionaries, critics, innovators, and revolutionaries of Education to contribute. We also encourage discussions of various educational paradigms that promote and/or suppress educational dialogues, as well as different ecologies of education: traditional schooling, progressive schooling, democratic schooling, de-schooling, and unschooling. We loosely define “dialogic education” as any scholarship and pedagogical practice from researchers, philosophers, and practitioners (including educatees, learners, and students) that values and gives priority to “dialogue” in learning/teaching/educating across a wide range of institutional and non-institutional learning settings. At this point, a variety of approaches to dialogic pedagogy have emerged. This includes but is not limited to, the instrumental, interactional, epistemological, ecological, and ontological approaches to dialogue in education. We embrace diverse perspectives despite their possibly irreconcilable contradictions, disagreements, and dualisms. Juxtaposing conflicting ideologies and practices of dialogic pedagogy provides for authentic questions and tensions to emerge as scholars across various settings for learning and cu
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Eugene MatusovPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 2, Italy 1, Canada 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Russian Literature and Bakhtin StudiesSocial Sciences23.8%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology6.4%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.1%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities5.2%
- Religious Education and SchoolsSocial Sciences4.7%
- Critical and Liberation PedagogySocial Sciences4.4%
- Reflective Practices in EducationSocial Sciences4.1%
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 4LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 171 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 155 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 54 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 75 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer review, Unspecified 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 | |
| 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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 15,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
The DPJ (i.e., its Editorial Board) does not necessarily agree or endorse theoretical and/or empirical findings, paradigmatic or conceptual frameworks, methodological approaches, or ethics of the scholarship published in the journal. The main goal of the journal is to publish scholarship of high scholarly quality that fits the journal's focus and scope for a broader public academic and educational…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: The Author retains copyright in the Work, where the term “Work” shall include all digital objects that may result in subsequent electronic publication or distribution. Upon acceptance of the Work, the author shall grant to the Publisher the right of first publication of the Work. The Author shall grant to the Publisher and its age…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content. Our publisher, the University Library System at the University of Pittsburgh, abides by the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of Open Access: “By “open access” to [peer-reviewed research literature], we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or l…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer reviewing policy Stage#1 (3 weeks) 1) Submission of an original manuscript via electronic online submission; 2) Quick and holistic judgement by the DPJ Main Editors whether the manuscript fits the Focus and Scope of the Journal, has acceptable scholarship quality, and is comprehensible. If it does not, the Author will be notified by email of rejection. In rare cases, a promising manuscript ca…
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
- University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2325-3290
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dialogic Pedagogy
What CAS zone is Dialogic Pedagogy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Dialogic Pedagogy 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.
How long does peer review take at Dialogic Pedagogy?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Dialogic Pedagogy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 15,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Dialogic Pedagogy based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2), Italy (1) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Dialogic Pedagogy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Dialogic Pedagogy is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Dialogic Pedagogy open access, and what is the APC?
Dialogic Pedagogy 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .