Journal profile
Hungarian Educational Research Journal
ISSN 2064-2199 · Akadémiai Kiadó · Hungary
Hungarian Educational Research Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 36 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hungarian Educational Research Journal is published by Akadémiai Kiadó. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Higher Education Governance and Development, Historical Education Studies Worldwide and Global Educational Policies and Reforms, together about 26.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Hungarian Educational Research Journal (HERJ) is an international online, peer-reviewed Open Access academic journal featuring articles that advance the empirical, theoretical, and methodological understanding of education and learning. Its mission is to provide a forum for emerging researchers as well as established scholars from around the world to exchange and discuss their research results, views and opinions and welcomes submissions of the highest quality, reflecting a wide range of perspectives, topics, contexts, and methods, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work. HERJ publishes research articles, articles for special thematic issues and book reviews in four issues a year (March, June, October, and December). It welcomes proposals for new thematic issues as well as high quality theoretical and empirical studies. All papers submitted for publication will be subject to rigorous double blind peer-review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Anikó FehérváriPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences9.6%
- Historical Education Studies WorldwideSocial Sciences8.4%
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences8.2%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities5.9%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Global Education Systems and PoliciesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Romani and Gypsy StudiesHealth Professions4.9%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ScopusERICERIH PLUSPublisher 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
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 506 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 239 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 352 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 359 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 308 |
| 2022 | 47 | 47 | 273 |
| 2021 | 65 | 65 | 191 |
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 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 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, CC BY-NC | |
| 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
- articles for special thematic issuesHERJ publishes research articles, articles for special thematic issues and book reviews in four issues a year (March, June, October, and December).Length not stated
- book reviewsHERJ publishes research articles, articles for special thematic issues and book reviews in four issues a year (March, June, October, and December).Length not stated
- research articlesHERJ publishes research articles, articles for special thematic issues and book reviews in four issues a year (March, June, October, and December).Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use
Generative AI use must be disclosed Model summary
Use of Generative AI must be disclosed and explained.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data available upon reasonable request Model summary
Data should be available upon reasonable request from the authors as long as this does not violate the protection of human subjects or raise other valid privacy concerns.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright retained by authors Model summary
Copyright, and publishing rights (other than the right of first publishing) are retained by the author(s), without any restrictions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Gold Open Access, CC BY-NC 4.0 Model summary
HERJ is a Gold Open Access journal. Readers can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other non-commercial lawful purpose. By default, articles are distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licenses.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind peer review Model summary
All papers submitted for publication will be subject to rigorous double blind peer-review.
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
- Akadémiai Kiadó
- Country or region
- Hungary
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2064-2199
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hungarian Educational Research Journal
How long does peer review take at Hungarian Educational Research Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 36 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.
Which databases index Hungarian Educational Research Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hungarian Educational Research Journal is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Scopus, ERIC and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Hungarian Educational Research Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Hungarian Educational Research Journal 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, 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: .