Journal profile
Georgia Educational Researcher
ISSN 2471-0059 · Georgia Southern University · United States
Georgia Educational Researcher: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 4 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Georgia Educational Researcher is published by Georgia Southern University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Teacher Education and Assessments and Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques, together about 32.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
As the official journal of the Georgia Educational Researcher (GERA), the aims of Georgia Educational Researcher (GER) are to promote educational research in Georgia and to foster the exchange of information and experiences relating to measurement, evaluation, and research. The scope of the journal is primarily focused on Georgia educational matters. Related topics pertaining to the Southeastern region of the United States are also considered. In addition to traditional research articles using a variety of methodologies and representative forms, GER will consider publication of research reports, review essays, interviews, commentaries, think pieces, book reviews, articles on teaching educational research, reflections on doing educational research, practitioner reflections, and action research. At times, theme-focused issues will be published. GER welcomes proposals for theme-focused editions and volunteers to edit such editions. For more about the Georgia Educational Researcher, visit the About page. For journal policies and submission guidelines, visit the Policies page. Need Help? Have a question about GS Commons? Need additional description, text alternatives, or captions for GS Commons resources? Contact us or request accessible formats (opens in new tab).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences15%
- Teacher Education and AssessmentsSocial Sciences9.4%
- Mathematics Education and Teaching TechniquesSocial Sciences7.7%
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences5.6%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology3.9%
- Educational Research and MethodsSocial Sciences3.9%
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology3.9%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences3.9%
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
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 10,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 143 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 68 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 121 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 113 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 130 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 127 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 96 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- 4–6
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- reviewGeorgia Educational Researcher is a double-blind peer reviewed journal published bi-annually in June and December by the Georgia Educational Research Associatio…main text ≤ 250 words · abstract ≤ 250 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Submission format: APA 6th edition, max 20 pages excluding references/appendices, no cover/title page, no headers/footers, figures embedded, appendices in document, submit .doc/.docx via Submit Manuscript link. Model summary
Submitted manuscripts should generally follow the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), and according to the following guidelines: Manuscripts should be no more than 20 pages long (excluding references and/or appendices).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright & Licensing Terms
Copyright & licensing: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 applied to final published version; copyright owners retain all rights; other uses require permission; terms registered with Open Policy Finder. Model summary
All works published in the Georgia Educational Researcher are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (opens in new tab) (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Copyright owners retain all rights to their work without restriction and agree to apply the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license to the final published version of their work as a condition of publication. En…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open access policy: all content freely available without charge; users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full texts without prior permission, per BOAI definition. Model summary
The Georgia Educational Researcher is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accorda…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
Double-blind peer review; published bi-annually in June and December by GERA. Senior Editor reviews for appropriateness, assigns one Associate Editor; each manuscript reviewed by minimum two Editorial Board members; provisionally accepted authors may resubmit with edits. Model summary
Georgia Educational Researcher is a double-blind peer reviewed journal published bi-annually in June and December by the Georgia Educational Research Association (GERA). If you have concerns about the terms of submission or review, please contact the editors. Manuscripts should be formatted by the author(s) according to the Format & Style Guidelines for Submission below. Along with your manuscript…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism policy: may use Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate) to selectively screen submissions for originality; submitted papers not retained in the system after checking. Model summary
The Georgia Educational Researcher may use Similarity Check, a multi-publisher initiative, to selectively screen article submissions for originality. Similarity Check uses the iThenticate software, which checks submissions against millions of published research papers (the Similarity Check database), documents on the web, and other relevant sources. These submitted papers are not retained in the S…
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
- Georgia Southern University
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2471-0059
- Society / sponsor
- Georgia Educational Research Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Georgia Educational Researcher
How long does peer review take at Georgia Educational Researcher?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Georgia Educational Researcher?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: 4–6; Reference style: APA. 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.
Which databases index Georgia Educational Researcher?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Georgia Educational Researcher is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Georgia Educational Researcher open access, and what is the APC?
Georgia Educational Researcher 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: .