Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
EDUCATIONAL FORUM
ISSN 0013-1725 · eISSN 1938-8098 · Taylor & Francis
EDUCATIONAL FORUM: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 102 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 7% (journal website); 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
EDUCATIONAL FORUM 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 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, together about 32.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Educational Forum is a double-anonymized, refereed journal that solicits research reports and essays on diverse topics of significance to educators globally. Through the inclusion of compelling research findings and thought-provoking perspectives, The Educational Forum intends to serve as a catalyst for stimulating and encouraging research and dialogue and for advancing and transforming education. The Educational Forum presents diverse opinions. Ideas expressed in the journal are those of the authors and do not reflect the official positions of Kappa Delta Pi. Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone editorial review and double-anonymized peer review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering12.5%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences6.8%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science5.9%
- Educational Leadership and PracticesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences4.9%
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.2%
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedERICPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCOhost, Elsevier BV, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Gale, Informit, National Library of Medicine, Ovid, Taylor & Francis
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.36Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.53Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 550OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 76,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,620 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 27 | 5 | 16 |
| 2024 | 37 | 4 | 51 |
| 2023 | 32 | 5 | 97 |
| 2022 | 37 | 2 | 143 |
| 2021 | 34 | 5 | 611 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
102 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 85 days – 132 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 66 days (29 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 170 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (60 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 63 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- essayssolicits research reports and essays on diverse topics of significance to educators globallyLength not stated
- research reportssolicits research reports and essays on diverse topics of significance to educators globallyLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
The Educational Forum 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 r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All articles undergo editorial review and double-anonymized peer review. Model summary
All articles in this journal have undergone editorial review and double-anonymized peer review.
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
- 0013-1725
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-8098
- Society / sponsor
- Kappa Delta Pi
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 90, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about EDUCATIONAL FORUM
What CAS zone is EDUCATIONAL FORUM in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, EDUCATIONAL FORUM 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.
What is the impact factor of EDUCATIONAL FORUM?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at EDUCATIONAL FORUM?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 102 days (interquartile range 85–132 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 7%. 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 EDUCATIONAL FORUM?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, EDUCATIONAL FORUM is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is EDUCATIONAL FORUM open access, and what is the APC?
EDUCATIONAL FORUM is a subscription journal. 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .