Journal profile
International Journal of Educational Excellence
ISSN 2373-5929 · Universidad Metropolitana · Puerto Rico
International Journal of Educational Excellence: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Educational Excellence is published by Universidad Metropolitana. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Online and Blended Learning, Educational Innovations and Technology and Educational Outcomes and Influences, together about 21.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Educational Excellence (ISSN 2373-5929) is a multidisciplinary scientific journal which main objective is the dissemination of studies that provide answers to the main educational scientific and social problems present in higher education, in order to achieve excellence quality in all their areas. Papers will be welcomed, regardless of the subject area to which they belong as long as they entailed a contribution, innovation or breakthrough in the development of models of teaching or scientific research in the scientific world which lead to a social improvement. Research work performed in other educational levels may also be considered, if they demonstrate a strong and justified relationship to higher education. All papers submitted for publication must be unpublished and originals, and should not be under any evaluation procedure for publication in other journals. Theoretical work as well as work based on field studies and empirical laboratory experiments are accepted. All kinds of strategies and methodological approaches may have been used for the study. They have to comply within the parameters of current scientific and technological research. The review criteria and selection process will take into account mainly the quality of the work under consideration: if it makes a significant contribution to the object of interest, main interests of the journal and if it offers a breakthrough or significant contribution to the current scientific knowledge and, ultimately, if it contributes to the progress of our society. This journal is of free and direct access (Open Access, OA), and it serves the international scientific community and open knowledge. The journal is digitally published in order to keep all the features of traditional print journals. Articles will appear in PDF format, conveniently typeset and numbered as classical style journals. Therefore, it is our intention to facilitate their distribution and their scientific citation in accordance with all existing highest standards. Additionally, for the reader’s convenience chapters of the book can be printed in their full version as well as can be accessed in tis digital format, such as e-book. This publication takes advantage of newly implemented technologies in order to facilitate publishing and distribution, at the same time that takes into account the ecological aspect of paperless publishing. Nor can we forget the specific possibilities offered by electronic publishing,
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief José Gómez GalánPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences8%
- Educational Innovations and TechnologyComputer Science6.8%
- Educational Outcomes and InfluencesSocial Sciences6.8%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics5.7%
- Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsMedicine5.7%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Digital literacy in educationComputer Science5.7%
- Education and Digital TechnologiesSocial Sciences4.6%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 66 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 152 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 228 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 5 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | — | |
| 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 accepted1
- researchTheoretical work as well as work based on field studies and empirical laboratory experiments are accepted.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics
COPE ethics Model summary
The ethics statements for the International Journal of Educational Excellence (IJEE) are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Editors (www.publicationethics.org).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Creative Commons license Model summary
The articles published in the International Journal of Educational Excellence are licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. Under the following terms: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Original submissions to the International Journal of Educational Excellence (IJEE) will be reviewed by external referees, a process known as peer review. Reviewers are academics and researchers who are experts in the corresponding specialized field of knowledge. Their main task will be to study all submitted papers critically and constructively. For a paper’s evaluation a "double-blind" system wil…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening Model summary
Papers submitted to International Journal of Educational Excellence (IJEE) will be screened for plagiarism using CrossCheck / iThenticate plagiarism detection tools. This journal will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism.
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
- Universidad Metropolitana
- Country or region
- Puerto Rico
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2373-5929
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Educational Excellence
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Educational Excellence?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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 International Journal of Educational Excellence?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Educational Excellence is indexed in DOAJ.
Is International Journal of Educational Excellence open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Educational Excellence 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: .