Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
Frontline Learning Research
ISSN 2295-3159 · European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction · Belgium
Frontline Learning Research: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 35 weeks (community reports); 13 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontline Learning Research is published by European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Education, Achievement, and Giftedness and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies, together about 32.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Among journals in the field of education sciences Frontline Learning Research (FLR) welcomes risk-taking and non-incrementally innovative research themes, studies, methods and discussions. The journal offers a distinctive opening for foundational research and an arena for studies that promote new ideas, methodologies or discoveries in the field of research on learning and instruction. FLR is an official journal published by the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Although the journal is anchored within EARLI, we encourage and welcome submissions from all geographical regions. What is frontline in research on learning and instruction? Generically, frontline research is research that leads the field, being more than just incrementally innovative or original. Such research is viewed as risky, explorative, not having a long-standing tradition and not simply extending previous well-established research. It is expected to provide input for theoretical, empirical and/or methodological renewal of the research field. In the field of learning and instruction, FLR considers research as being frontline when it, for example: questions, extends, and reflects on the ontological, epistemological, methodological, and axiological foundations of the field, explores learning and instruction in the context of current societal problems and developments (e.g., climate change, racism, digital revolution), examines issues, phenomena or practices encountered in relatively new fields, lacking a long line of research (e.g., ‘mind, brain and education’, crowdsourcing, learning across contexts), takes a critical stance to address how learning and education are intertwined with aspects of power and politics (e.g., in relation to race, ethnicity, class, gender, or normative definitions of ability), draws on new methodologies that have not been used in the field before, develops new theory, provides new standpoints to traditional research approaches and connects theories and research areas that often have been traditionally separated (e.g., emotion, motivation, cognition), uses a multi/trans/interdisciplinary approach, by incorporating perspectives from different disciplines, such as philosophy, psychology, educational neuroscience, computer science, or sociology. FLR considers frontline learning research typically employs methodologies that: support integrative understanding of learning and instruction, and non-reductionist units of observation and anal
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Editor-in-chief Nina B. DohnPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 5, Finland 5, Netherlands 4, United Kingdom 3, Denmark 3 (42 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology16.3%
- Education, Achievement, and GiftednessPsychology9%
- Educational Strategies and EpistemologiesPsychology6.9%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences6.2%
- Visual and Cognitive Learning ProcessesPsychology6.2%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences5.1%
- Educational Research and MethodsSocial Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Q2 | 575/1698 | 66th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ISSN 2295-3159Publisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 145OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.9OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 299 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 569 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 743 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 680 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 734 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 674 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 599 |
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 35 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 35 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 200 | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 200 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- Highlights
- Required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- commentaries/editorial columnCommentaries/Editorial Column. Commentaries are welcomed, by which a forum is provided to authors for expressing differing viewpoints, criticisms and clarificat…Length not stated
- commentarygical, or empirical contributions. Also commentaries are restricted to a word limit up to 3000 words. Regular articles (3000-6000 words). This length limit allomain text ≤ 3,000 words
- empirical contributionsEmpirical contributions. This concerns studies applying a clearly described methodological design for collecting and processing empirical data, so as to address…Length not stated
- methodological contributionsMethodological contributions.This involves articles presenting new or alternative methodological approaches, procedures or instruments that could open new avenu…Length not stated
- regular articleicted to a word limit up to 3000 words. Regular articles (3000-6000 words). This length limit allows for writing extensive, thoroughmain text ≤ 6,000 words
- theoretical contributionsTheoretical Contributions. This includes articles seeking to contribute to how certain learning phenomena or research areas within the learning sciences are per…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest 2. Conflict of Interest
When submitting their manuscript for review, authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organisations that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; first publication rights granted to journal; BY-NC-ND license. Model summary
FLR adopts the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Creative Common License (BY-NC-ND). That is, Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the authors with, however, first publication rights granted to the journal. By virtue of their appearance in this open access journal, articles are free to use, with proper attribution, in educational and other non-commercial settings.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double blind peer review. Model summary
Review policy Frontline Learning Research adopts a double blind peer reviewing policy. Both the author(s) and reviewers remain to be anonymous throughout the entire review process. Therefore, all identifying features should be removed from the article itself. This does, however, not preclude authors from citing their own work. Instead, authors must cite their works in a manner that does not make e…
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
- European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction
- Country or region
- Belgium
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2295-3159
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontline Learning Research
How long does peer review take at Frontline Learning Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 35 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 Frontline Learning Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; Highlights: Required. 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 Frontline Learning Research based?
Of the 42 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (5), Finland (5) and Netherlands (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Frontline Learning Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontline Learning Research is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Frontline Learning Research open access, and what is the APC?
Frontline Learning Research is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .