Journal profile
Higher Education Evaluation and Development
ISSN 2514-5789 · eISSN 2514-5797 · Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom
Higher Education Evaluation and Development: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 1.8% (journal website); 10 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Higher Education Evaluation and Development is published by Emerald Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Higher Education Governance and Development, Education and Public Policy and Evaluation of Teaching Practices, together about 43.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-chief Angela Yung-Chi HouPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences26.1%
- Education and Public PolicySocial Sciences10.4%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences7.4%
- International Student and Expatriate ChallengesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Higher Education and EmployabilitySocial Sciences4.4%
- Doctoral Education Challenges and SolutionsHealth Professions3.9%
- Global Education Systems and PoliciesSocial Sciences3.5%
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
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.2OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 57,020Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 103 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 185 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 279 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 293 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 256 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 216 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 109 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 1.8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13.3 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | — | |
| 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)
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- editorialResearch Paper — up to 8000 words Editorial — up to 3000 words Viewpoint — up to 3000 words Please see the article types and word counts section on the about th…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- research paperResearch Paper — up to 8000 words Editorial — up to 3000 words Viewpoint — up to 3000 words Please see the article types and word counts section on the about th…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- viewpointResearch Paper — up to 8000 words Editorial — up to 3000 words Viewpoint — up to 3000 words Please see the article types and word counts section on the about th…main text ≤ 3,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access options
Diamond open access; no APCs. Model summary
This is a diamond open access journal. No article processing charges (APCs) are required. Read more about our open access options.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review type
Double anonymous peer review; at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers per submission. Model summary
Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.
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
- Emerald Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2514-5789
- Electronic ISSN
- 2514-5797
- Society / sponsor
- Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 2 (December 2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Higher Education Evaluation and Development
How long does peer review take at Higher Education Evaluation and Development?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 1.8%. 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 Higher Education Evaluation and Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Higher Education Evaluation and Development is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Higher Education Evaluation and Development open access, and what is the APC?
Higher Education Evaluation and Development 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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: .