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Educational Psychology
ISSN 0144-3410 · eISSN 1469-5820 · Taylor & Francis
Educational Psychology: CAS Zone 2 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4; JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 362 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 105 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Educational Psychology is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education, Achievement, and Giftedness, Early Childhood Education and Development and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, together about 28% of its articles. Its main subfields are Developmental and Educational Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Educational Psychology provides an international forum for the discussion and rapid dissemination of research findings in psychological aspects of education ranging from pre-school to tertiary provision and the education of children with special learning needs. As a journal that focuses on research within a quantitative, scientific remit, Educational Psychology places particular emphasis on the publishing of high-quality empirical reports based on experimental and behavioural studies. Educational Psychology does not normally publish position papers and qualitative studies. Papers on development and validation of measurement instruments will be considered and collected to be published in one issue annually. Peer Review Statement: Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your manuscript has been assessed for suitability by the Editor, it will then undergo double-annonymous peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. Mindful of Journal quality, a Reject decision will be applied to manuscripts that are still found to be wanting after the second round of revision. If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed. Further information on our preprints policy and citation requirements can be found on our P reprints Author Services page. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics. Authors submitting their work should include an acknowledgement statement in their cover letter and the non-anonymous file regarding the provenance of their manuscript if it is based on unpublished work which has been uploaded to a server, including conference presentations, student assignments, thesis or dissertation, and preprint version of the manuscript. The statement will be included as an acknowledgement in the article if and when the article is accepted for publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Bor-Chen KuoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 2, Hong Kong, China 1, Taiwan, China 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education, Achievement, and GiftednessPsychology11.7%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences8.6%
- Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychology7.7%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology6.8%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences5.7%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology5.6%
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsMathematics4.7%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Academic Search, ASSIA, Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index, Child Development Abstracts, Contents Pages in Education, EBSCO Online, EBSCO CD Rom Database, Education Journal, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), ERIH, FRANCIS, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, Language and Linguistics Behavior Abstracts, Psych Lit, Psychological Abstracts, Research into Higher Education Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts
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
- 2.4LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.27LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.27Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.47LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.47Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 133OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,424OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 102LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 445,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,322 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | 20 | 40 |
| 2025 | 105 | 29 | 289 |
| 2024 | 57 | 21 | 304 |
| 2023 | 58 | 18 | 538 |
| 2022 | 63 | 21 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 62 | 21 | 1,527 |
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
362 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 301 days – 481 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 388 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (173 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)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 47 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 125 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| 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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- position papers; qualitative studies
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review, Preprints
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Educational Psychology 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 …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Statement:
Double-anonymous peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees after editor suitability assessment. Model summary
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your manuscript has been assessed for suitability by the Editor, it will then undergo double-annonymous peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. Mindful of Journal quality, a Reject decision will be applied to manuscripts that are still found to be wanting after the second round…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint sharing means anonymity cannot be guaranteed during review. Model summary
If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed.
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
- 0144-3410
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-5820
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Educational Psychology
What CAS zone is Educational Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Educational Psychology is in Zone 2 of Education, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Education & Educational Research / Psychology, Educational. 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 Educational Psychology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.4; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 133.
How long does peer review take at Educational Psychology?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 362 days (interquartile range 301–481 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11%. 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 JCR quartile is Educational Psychology in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Education.
Where are the editorial board members of Educational Psychology 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 Australia (2), Hong Kong, China (1) and Taiwan, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Educational Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Educational Psychology is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO, ERIC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Educational Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Educational Psychology is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .