Journal profile
Educazione Interculturale
ISSN 2420-8175 · University of Bologna · Italy
Educazione Interculturale: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 30 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Educazione Interculturale is published by University of Bologna. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Immigration and Intercultural Education, Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees and Educational and Social Studies, together about 45.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Educazione interculturale (Intercultural Education) is a scientific, open access and interdisciplinary Journal, which welcomes Italian and foreign contributions by scholars, researchers, academic and non-academic experts with the aim of bringing together critical essays, empirical and applied experiences. Through a series of call for papers, thematic sections and/or a miscellany of essays the journal aims at encouraging the scientific debate, as well as at providing a space for a practice-oriented reflection on cultural differences, intercultural education, gender, migration, citizenship, discrimination and inclusion in multicultural contexts. Educazione interculturale is a scientific journal recognized by ANVUR (Italian National Agency for Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes) for disciplinary areas 11 (History, philosophy, pedagogy and psychology) and 14 (Political and social sciences). It has also obtained the “Class A” rating for recruitment fields 11/D1 (Educational theories and history of educational theories) and 11/D2 (Methodologies of teaching, special education and educational research).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Stefania LorenziniPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 4, Spain 2, India 1, France 1, Italy 1 (11 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Immigration and Intercultural EducationSocial Sciences26.1%
- Education and experiences of immigrants and refugeesSocial Sciences10%
- Educational and Social StudiesSocial Sciences9%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences5.6%
- Inclusive Education and DiversitySocial Sciences4.9%
- Romani and Gypsy StudiesHealth Professions4.1%
- Migration, Education, Indigenous Social DynamicsSocial Sciences3.6%
- Decolonial Thought and EpistemologiesSocial Sciences3.4%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO
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
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 215 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 7 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 12 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 12 |
| 2023 | 50 | 50 | 29 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 9 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 5 |
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 24 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- ≤ 180 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Educazione interculturale adopts the AlmaDL Journals Code of Ethics. The code is inspired by the guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), in particular to the COPE Core Practices and its Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. All parties involved in the editorial process, editorial staff members, authors, reviewers must know and apply the ethical p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
The copyrights of all the texts on this journal belong to the respective authors without restrictions. This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (full legal code). See also our Open Access Policy. Metadata All the metadata of the published material is released in the public domain and may be used by anyone free of charge. This includes references. Meta…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It releases its articles under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This license allows anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute and/or copy the contributions. The works must b…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
The peer review process is formalized in order to guarantee transparency, autonomy of the reviewers and absence of conflicts of interest. When the editorial board receives a new article, the double-blind peer-review process (author and reviewer do not know each other's identities) will proceed as follows: The editorial board communicates to the author that the article has been received. The articl…
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
- University of Bologna
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- French, English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2420-8175
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Educazione Interculturale
How long does peer review take at Educazione Interculturale?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Educazione Interculturale?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 180 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. 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 Educazione Interculturale based?
Of the 11 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (4), Spain (2) and India (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Educazione Interculturale?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Educazione Interculturale is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Educazione Interculturale open access, and what is the APC?
Educazione Interculturale 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .