Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Higher Education Pedagogies
ISSN 2375-2696 · Taylor & Francis Group · United Kingdom
Higher Education Pedagogies: fully open access; APC about USD 1,165; review about 201 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2023 (Volume 8, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Higher Education Pedagogies is published by Taylor & Francis Group. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Evaluation of Teaching Practices, Higher Education and Employability and Higher Education Practises and Engagement, together about 29.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This title has ceased (2023). Higher Education Pedagogies is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal publishing across a wide range of teaching and learning methods within higher education. Higher Education Pedagogies aims to identify, promote and publish excellence and innovations in the practice and theory of teaching and learning in and across all disciplines in higher education. The journal provides a forum on the sharing, dissemination and discussion of research, experience and perspectives across a wide range of teaching and learning issues within higher education. Higher Education Pedagogies also aims to be a valuable resource for individuals in the development and enhancement of their own practice, for programme and Faculty teams in utilizing and contributing to research through learning and teaching activities, and for institutions in the promotion of research-informed learning and teaching. Higher Education Pedagogies covers a wide range of topics including: Disciplinary and interdisciplinary pedagogies and learning experiences The higher education curriculum (i.e. what is taught and how it is developed/enhanced including both skills and knowledge) Delivery of the higher education curriculum including how it is taught and how students learn and develop academically The role of teaching and learning in the development of academic careers and its place within the profession. The journal welcomes papers which are accessible to both specialist and generalist readers and are theoretically and empirically rigorous. Higher Education Pedagogies is essential reading for all those who wish to stay informed of state-of-the-art teaching and learning developments in higher education. Higher Education Pedagogies publishes original articles and operates a double anonymized peer review policy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences13.5%
- Higher Education and EmployabilitySocial Sciences8.5%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences7.5%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences7.1%
- Student Assessment and FeedbackSocial Sciences7.1%
- Innovative Teaching MethodsSocial Sciences6.4%
- Problem and Project Based LearningSocial Sciences5.3%
- Engineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentEngineering4.6%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Q1 | 32/1620 | — |
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
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2022
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
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in ESCI on 21 February 2024. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ESCIERICDOAJPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, Naver, OCLC, ACER (LearnTecLib), CPX, EBSCO Education Abstracts, EBSCO Education Full Text, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Meta Inc., NAVER (NHN), NLC (National Library of China), Researcher App, Wang Fang Data Co
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) 2022
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2022
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 12.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2022
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2022
- 0.54Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.46LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2022
- 1.16Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 515,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 147 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 395 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 609 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 705 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 623 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 502 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 377 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
201 daysfirst decision after review · community reports about 13 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 167 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 201 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double blind peer reviewLetPub
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | GBP 950 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,200 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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
Open access journal; only publishes open access articles. Model summary
Higher Education Pedagogies is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. 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 readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not just t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review policy. Model summary
Higher Education Pedagogies publishes original articles and operates a double anonymized peer review policy.
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 Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2375-2696
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8, Issue 1 (2023)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Higher Education Pedagogies
How long does peer review take at Higher Education Pedagogies?
The publisher reports about 201 days (first decision after review); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks; 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.
Which databases index Higher Education Pedagogies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Higher Education Pedagogies is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists ESCI, ERIC and DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Higher Education Pedagogies open access, and what is the APC?
Higher Education Pedagogies is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,165.
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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .