Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Intercultural Education
ISSN 1467-5986 · eISSN 1469-8439 · Taylor & Francis
Intercultural Education: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 212 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 27% (journal website); 71 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Intercultural Education is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Education and Multiculturalism, International Student and Expatriate Challenges and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, together about 35.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
2023 CiteScore 2.3 - values from Scopus Intercultural Education is a global forum for the analysis of issues dealing with education in plural societies. It provides educational professionals with the knowledge and information that can assist them in contributing to the critical analysis and the implementation of intercultural education. Topics covered include: terminological issues, education and multicultural society today, intercultural communication, human rights and anti-racist education, pluralism and diversity in a democratic frame work, pluralism in post-communist and in post-colonial countries, migration and indigenous minority issues, refugee issues, language policy issues, curriculum and classroom organisation, and school development. Peer Review Statement: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review. All submissions go through initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least one expert in the field. In all cases where there is no clear judgment to publish or reject, a second expert also reviews the article.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Barry van DrielPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences19.1%
- International Student and Expatriate ChallengesSocial Sciences8.6%
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences7.6%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences6.7%
- Religious Education and SchoolsSocial Sciences6.7%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities5.6%
- Education and experiences of immigrants and refugeesSocial Sciences4.9%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERICPublisher website
Other: Australian Education Index (AEI), Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index, EBSCOhost EJS, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Language and Linguistics Behavior Abstracts, MLA International Bibliography, Multicultural Education Abstracts, Periodica Islamica, Research into Higher Education Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts
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) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2023
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.75Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 566OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 18.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 147,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,491 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 20 | 7 |
| 2025 | 71 | 25 | 147 |
| 2024 | 69 | 20 | 143 |
| 2023 | 44 | 16 | 192 |
| 2022 | 54 | 15 | 431 |
| 2021 | 64 | 17 | 467 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (32% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 106 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 212 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
Intercultural Education is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. 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…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles undergo rigorous peer review; initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least one expert; a second expert reviews when there is no clear judgment. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review. All submissions go through initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least one expert in the field. In all cases where there is no clear judgment to publish or reject, a second expert also reviews the article.
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
- ISSN
- 1467-5986
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-8439
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Intercultural Education
What CAS zone is Intercultural Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Intercultural Education is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Intercultural Education?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2, h-index 69.
How long does peer review take at Intercultural Education?
The publisher reports about 212 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 27%. 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 Intercultural Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Intercultural Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Intercultural Education open access, and what is the APC?
Intercultural Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .