Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
International Journal of Early Years Education
ISSN 0966-9760 · eISSN 1469-8463 · Taylor & Francis
International Journal of Early Years Education: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 485 days to acceptance (74 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 35% (journal website); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Early Years 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 Early Childhood Education and Development, Children's Rights and Participation and Child Development and Digital Technology, together about 44.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Early Years Education is a forum for researchers and practitioners to debate the theories, research, policy and practice which sustain effective early years education world-wide. It offers a comparative perspective on early years research and major new initiatives in the care and education of young children aged 0-8 years. Since its inception, the journal has carried reports and research articles which evaluate and highlight innovative practice throughout the international community. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences26.9%
- Children's Rights and ParticipationSocial Sciences9.1%
- Child Development and Digital TechnologySocial Sciences8.7%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences7.8%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences3.8%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology3.6%
- Innovative Education and Learning PracticesSocial Sciences3.4%
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 3 |
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 Q2 · 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
PsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: Academic Search, ASSIA, Australian Education Index (AEI), Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index, ChildData Abstracts, ChildData CD Rom, ChildData on the web, Contents Pages in Education, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), EBSCOhost EJS, Language and Linguistics Behaviour Abstracts, National Children's Bureau, Psychological 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
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.53Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.19Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 503OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 298,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2024
- 298,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,195 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 15 | 7 |
| 2025 | 26 | 13 | 39 |
| 2024 | 55 | 21 | 121 |
| 2023 | 37 | 17 | 162 |
| 2022 | 54 | 20 | 423 |
| 2021 | 63 | 30 | 666 |
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 · to
485 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 276 days – 641 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (74 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 504 days
- Sample
- 74 articles with submission and acceptance dates (83 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 310 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 330 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 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)
Article types accepted1
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 23 Sep 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
International Journal of Early Years 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 …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles undergo rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Model summary
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
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
- 0966-9760
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-8463
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Early Years Education
What CAS zone is International Journal of Early Years Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Early Years 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 International Journal of Early Years Education?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 61.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Early Years Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 74 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 485 days (interquartile range 276–641 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 35%. 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 International Journal of Early Years Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Early Years Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Early Years Education open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Early Years 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: .