Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Educational Researcher
ISSN 0013-189X · eISSN 1935-102X · SAGE
Educational Researcher: CAS Zone 1 · Education (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.54; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,500; 76 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Educational Researcher is published by SAGE and is in Zone 1 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, School Choice and Performance and Educational Assessment and Improvement, together about 26.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences9.7%
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences9.3%
- Educational Assessment and ImprovementDecision Sciences7.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.8%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science5.9%
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5%
- Evaluation and Performance AssessmentDecision Sciences4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 5.54LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.81LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 273OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,994OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 74LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,226 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57 | 23 | 14 |
| 2025 | 76 | 31 | 277 |
| 2024 | 48 | 27 | 409 |
| 2023 | 75 | 30 | 1,528 |
| 2022 | 50 | 13 | 1,312 |
| 2021 | 74 | 22 | 3,531 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,500 / GBP 1,833 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0013-189X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1935-102X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Educational Researcher
What CAS zone is Educational Researcher in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Educational Researcher is in Zone 1 of Education, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Education & Educational Research; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Educational Researcher?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.54; CiteScore 10, h-index 273.
Which databases index Educational Researcher?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Educational Researcher is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Educational Researcher open access, and what is the APC?
Educational Researcher is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .