Journal profile
InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching
ISSN 1933-4850 · eISSN 1933-4869 · Park University · United States
InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 20% (journal website); 5 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching is published by Park University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Evaluation of Teaching Practices, Innovative Teaching Methods and Higher Education Practises and Engagement, together about 46.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching is a scholarly publication designed to highlight the work of postsecondary faculty and graduate students at colleges and universities worldwide. It is a refereed scholarly journal published annually by the Transformative Teaching and Learning Center (formerly known as the Faculty Center for Innovation) at Park University. InSight emphasizes the enhancement of post-secondary education through the professional exchange of scholarly approaches and perspectives applicable to the enrichment of teaching and learning. Relevant to this mission, articles are geared toward post-secondary faculty and administrators; included in this audience are full-time and adjunct faculty; face-to-face, hybrid and online faculty; tenure and non-tenure track instructors; trainers in corporate, military, and professional fields; adult educators; researchers; graduate students aspiring to become faculty; and other specialists in education, training, and communications. Recognizing the cross-disciplinary readership of InSight, articles present material generalizable enough to have relevance to post-secondary instructors from a range of disciplines.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 10 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences22.1%
- Innovative Teaching MethodsSocial Sciences13.1%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences11%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences5%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology3.9%
- Problem and Project Based LearningSocial Sciences3.7%
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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 18,500Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 185 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 73 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 146 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 149 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 181 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 169 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 160 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License Model summary
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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
- Park University
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1933-4850
- Electronic ISSN
- 1933-4869
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching
How long does peer review take at InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching is indexed in DOAJ.
Is InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching open access, and what is the APC?
InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .