Journal profile
Emerging Perspectives
ISSN 2560-6980 · University of Calgary · Canada
Emerging Perspectives: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: A notice that Emerging Perspectives will be retiring and no longer accepting new submissions. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Emerging Perspectives is published by University of Calgary. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions, Education during COVID-19 pandemic and Online and Blended Learning, together about 25.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Emerging Perspectives: Graduate Research in Education and Psychology is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal for graduate students in education and educational psychology (e.g., school psychology, counselling psychology), developed by graduate students at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. Emerging Perspectives profiles original research, authentic ideas, and innovative practice from graduate students in both research and professional arenas. Each issue offers a platform for critical discussion, creative dialogue, and knowledge exchange of interest to community practitioners, educators, and researchers in education and health-related settings. To facilitate continuous dialogue, Emerging Perspectives publishes on an ongoing basis. MISSION: Our mission is to celebrate the academic and scholarly endeavours of graduate students in education and educational psychology while providing a forum for collaborative knowledge exchange and translation. AIM: We aim to foster a culture of collaborative, interdisciplinary research and to establish graduate students in education and educational psychology as leaders in international, high-quality, impactful scholarly activities.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Doctoral Education Challenges and SolutionsHealth Professions9.3%
- Education during COVID-19 pandemicSocial Sciences9.3%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences7.4%
- Student Stress and CopingPsychology6.5%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- International Student and Expatriate ChallengesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Student Assessment and FeedbackSocial Sciences4.6%
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
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
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 77 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
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 20 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 | — |
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
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright of their papers, including publishing and commercial rights. Attribution should be given to EPIGREP when publishing a previously published article in another venue, including personal websites and blogs. Copyright information for readers can be found here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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. There is no charge to the author to publish with Emerging Perspectives. This journal uses a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All submissions will undergo a preliminary screening process to ensure that contributions meet the initial criteria, such as length, consistency with journal theme, overall writing style, and adherence to APA publication style. Papers that do not fulfill these criteria are likely to be rejected without review. Contributions meeting this initial criteria will be passed on to two or more respective …
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 Calgary
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2560-6980
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8, Issue 1 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Emerging Perspectives
How long does peer review take at Emerging Perspectives?
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.
Which databases index Emerging Perspectives?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Emerging Perspectives is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Emerging Perspectives open access, and what is the APC?
Emerging Perspectives 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .