Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Educational Technology & Society
ISSN 1176-3647 · eISSN 1436-4522 · International Forum of Educational Technology & Society · Taiwan, Province of China
Educational Technology & Society: CAS Zone 2 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.83; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 96 articles a year; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Educational Technology & Society is published by International Forum of Educational Technology & Society 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 Online and Blended Learning, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods and Mobile Learning in Education, together about 42.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Educational Technology & Society (ET&S) is an open-access academic journal published quarterly (January, April, July, and October) since October 1998. ET&S has achieved its purposes of providing an international forum for open access scientific dialogue for developers, educators and researchers to foster the development of research in educational technology. Thanks to all the Authors, Reviewers and Readers, the journal has enjoyed tremendous success. ET&S has established a solid and stable editorial office where the Editors-in-Chief aims to promote innovative educational technology research based on empirical inquiries to echo the pedagogical essentials of learning in the real world—lifelong learning, competency-orientation, and multimodal literacy in the 21st century. ET&S publishes research that well bridges the pedagogy and practice in advanced technology for evidence-based and meaningful educational application. The focus of ET&S is not only technology per se, but rather issues related to the process continuum of learning, teaching, and assessment and how they are affected or enhanced using technologies. The empirical research about how technology can be used to overcome the existing problems in the frontline of local education with findings that can be applied to the global spectrum is also welcome. However, papers with only descriptions of the results obtained from self-report surveys without systematic or empirical data or any analysis on learning outcomes or processes are not favorable to be included in ET&S. ET&S publishes research that fulfills any of the following description: Evidence-based Research: Continuous research that is conducted within a sufficient amount of time such that the effectiveness of the research intervention in education can be evaluated and demonstrated convincingly via empirical methods. Preferably, research experience, outcome, and results for a semester long of adopting educational technologies; or an evaluation/experiment that is conducted multiple times and spans over several semesters.Emerging Technology: New and emerging technology used in educationSpecial Domain Research : Research with specific participants using technology in education, for example, those with privacy issues in special education or those of younger ages like infants and toddlers, who may not form a large pool of participants ET&S had Impact Factor of 6.020 and 5-Year impact factor of 5.703 according to Thomson Scientific 2024 Journal Citation Repo
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Dirk IfenthalerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 4%); most named Taiwan, China 11, United States 3, Hong Kong, China 2, Germany 2, Greece 2 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences19.6%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology17.4%
- Mobile Learning in EducationComputer Science5.3%
- Open Education and E-LearningComputer Science5%
- Online Learning and AnalyticsComputer Science4.7%
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive LearningComputer Science4.6%
- Educational Games and GamificationPsychology3.9%
- Education and Technology IntegrationSocial Sciences3.9%
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 |
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 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 6.83LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.02Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 90OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 519OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 96LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 845 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 45 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- Not considered
- Placeholder, Endnotes and footnotes
Article types accepted1
- reviewAll submissions go through a two-step review process: Internal Review: The editors first review each manuscript to see if it meets the aims and scope of ET&S an…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use
AI and AI-assisted technologies should not be listed as an author or co-author; AI use must be disclosed and described reproducibly in the methods section. Model summary
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies should not be listed as an author or co-author as authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can only be attributed to and performed by humans.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
Copyright is retained by the author or authors unless otherwise stated. Model summary
Copyright in articles published in Educational Technology & Society (ET&S) is retained by the author or authors, unless otherwise stated.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright message
Version of Record is made available under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 unless otherwise stated on an individual article. Model summary
Copyright in articles published in Educational Technology & Society (ET&S) is retained by the author or authors, unless otherwise stated. As a condition of publication, the authors grant the International Forum of Educational Technology & Society (IFETS) the rights specified in the ET&S publishing agreement. These include the right to publish, reproduce, distribute, host, preserve, index and promo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
Immediate, free online access; no subscription or access fee charged to readers. Model summary
ET&S provides immediate, free online access to its published content. No subscription or access fee is charged to readers. Except where otherwise stated on an individual article, the Version of Record of each article is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Under this license, users may copy and redistribute a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
All submissions go through a two-step review process: Internal Review: The editors first review each manuscript to see if it meets the aims and scope of ET&S and that it is of sufficient quality to merit external review, in terms of:Relevance: a clear of the bridging/relationship between the advanced technology and evidence-based and meaningfully educational application.Originality: something new …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism check with iThenticate or Turnitin; similarity index must be less than 30% with each individual reference contributing less than 5%. Model summary
The journal will conduct a plagiarism check using iThenticate or Turnitin and will ensure that the similarity index is less than 30% with each individual reference contributing less than 5% to the index.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Article
Preprint sharing is allowed anywhere at any time; authors are encouraged to update the preprint link to the formal publication via DOI upon acceptance. Model summary
Preprint article is defined as author's own write-up of research results and analysis that has not been peer reviewed, nor had any other value added to it by a publisher (such as formatting, copy-editing, technical enhancements and the like).Authors can share their preprint anywhere at any time. If accepted for publication by ET&S, we encourage authors to update the link of the preprint to their f…
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
- International Forum of Educational Technology & Society
- Country or region
- Taiwan, Province of China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1176-3647
- Electronic ISSN
- 1436-4522
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Educational Technology & Society
What CAS zone is Educational Technology & Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Educational Technology & Society is in Zone 2 of Education, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. 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 Technology & Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.83; CiteScore 11.6, h-index 90.
How long does peer review take at Educational Technology & Society?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Educational Technology & Society?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word. 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 Educational Technology & Society based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Taiwan, China (11), United States (3) and Hong Kong, China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Educational Technology & Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Educational Technology & Society is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Educational Technology & Society open access, and what is the APC?
Educational Technology & Society 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .