Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Ethics and Education
ISSN 1744-9642 · eISSN 1744-9650 · Taylor & Francis
Ethics and Education: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 154 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ethics and Education is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism, Global Educational Policies and Reforms and Religious Education and Schools, together about 23.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ethics and Education is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes research addressing current and perennial ethical questions related to education and related fields. Ethics and Education conceives of education in a broad sense: it encompasses the diversity of educational settings (such as schools, universities, families, youth organizations, communities) and the practices, roles, and groups that constitute them. The journal aims to provide space primarily for theoretically-driven work, drawing on a wide range of philosophical and interpretive approaches and conceptual frameworks. Empirical material is welcome when it is used to advance theoretical or philosophical argumentation (e.g. conceptual refinement or normative evaluation). Submissions are welcomed from scholars in the field of educational philosophy, as well as those working in related disciplines including philosophy, sociology, and anthropology. The journal welcomes theoretically-driven contributions that address the following issues or fields: Ethical issues relating to specific educational contexts, such as upbringing and family life, higher education, adult education, homeschooling and early childhood education and care Ethical challenges that arise in specific educational contexts, such as violence, justice and injustice, inclusion and exclusion, and diversity Professional ethics in specific educational contexts and roles, addressing such issues as responsibility, authority, freedom, and emancipation Applied ethics such as Bioethics, Management Ethics, Medical Ethics Ethical issues relating to self and community, such as therapy, counselling, public vs. private Rights discourses, such as human rights, children's rights Ethical issues related to education in the context of global challenges, such as sustainability, data capitalism and algocracy, epistemic crisis Ethics and Education will be of interest to academics, practitioners, and policy-makers. Peer Review Policy All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. New for Ethics and Education: Spotlight sections We invite potential guest editors to propose a suite of 4-6 articles on a particular topic/theme that aligns with the Aims and Scope of the journal. Spotlights will be published within a regular issue, alongside stand-alone articles. Interested? Please contact the Editor-in-Chief.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Stefan RamaekersPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 1, Switzerland 1, Belgium 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities9.3%
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences7.2%
- Religious Education and SchoolsSocial Sciences6.6%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.4%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences5.5%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions4.9%
- Educational Philosophies and PedagogiesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERICPublisher website
Other: Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), PyscINFO
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.24Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.71Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 92,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 626 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 33 | 10 |
| 2025 | 35 | 22 | 42 |
| 2024 | 39 | 25 | 83 |
| 2023 | 30 | 11 | 75 |
| 2022 | 27 | 18 | 97 |
| 2021 | 33 | 12 | 200 |
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
154 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 118 days – 193 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 168 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (105 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
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 65 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Ethics and Education 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 re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
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
- 1744-9642
- Electronic ISSN
- 1744-9650
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ethics and Education
What CAS zone is Ethics and Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Ethics and Education is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Ethics and Education?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Ethics and Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 154 days (interquartile range 118–193 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Ethics and Education based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (1), Switzerland (1) and Belgium (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Ethics and Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ethics and Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Ethics and Education open access, and what is the APC?
Ethics and Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .