Journal profile
Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education
ISSN 2255-7547 · Sciendo · Latvia
Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education is published by Sciendo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Environmental Education and Sustainability, Sustainability in Higher Education and Religious Education and Schools, together about 38.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education is an international, double blind peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for the examination of policies, theories and practices related to discourse and communication for sustainable education. Since contemporary discourse study has extended its field to the study of multifaceted contexts of discourse, it is able to be integrated in the broader study of the phenomena of communication in relation to sustainable education. The journal Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education publishes research articles and reviews. Its diversity is apparent in the variety of its theories, methods and approaches, thus avoiding the frequent limitation to one school, approach, academic branch. The only criteria will be the quality and the originality of its articles. The journal Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education welcomes articles which explore inspirational ideas in sustainable education, are written in innovative ways or are presented in experimental ways. It does not have article processing charges (APCs) nor article submission charges.Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Dzintra IliškoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 10, Germany 5, United Kingdom 3, Australia 3, South Africa 3 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Environmental Education and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science20%
- Sustainability in Higher EducationSocial Sciences13.7%
- Religious Education and SchoolsSocial Sciences5.2%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.9%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences4.1%
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences3.8%
- Service-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Sciences3.8%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences3.6%
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
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.47OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 282 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 54 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 31 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 69 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 129 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 238 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.
Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility
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
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Latvia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2255-7547
- Print ISSN
- 1691-6301
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education
How long does peer review take at Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education based?
Of the 39 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (10), Germany (5) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education open access, and what is the APC?
Discourse and Communication for Sustainable 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .