Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
International Journal of Instruction
ISSN 1694-609X · eISSN 1308-1470 · Eskişehir Osmangazi University · Turkey
International Journal of Instruction: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 166 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Instruction is published by Eskişehir Osmangazi University and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education and Critical Thinking Development, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning and Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, together about 29.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Asım ARIPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences12.4%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities9.5%
- Technology-Enhanced Education StudiesSocial Sciences8%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology5.3%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities5%
- Mathematics Education and PedagogyMathematics4.9%
- Innovative Teaching MethodsSocial Sciences4.4%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| 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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,024OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 35.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 82.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 164LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,045 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 122 | 122 | 9 |
| 2025 | 166 | 166 | 233 |
| 2024 | 165 | 165 | 449 |
| 2023 | 224 | 224 | 1,416 |
| 2022 | 245 | 245 | 3,264 |
| 2021 | 244 | 244 | 6,241 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double blind peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) applied to all published manuscripts Model summary
International Journal of Instruction apply the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.
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
- Eskişehir Osmangazi University
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1694-609X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1308-1470
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Instruction
What CAS zone is International Journal of Instruction in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Instruction is in Zone 3 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.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Instruction?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Instruction?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Instruction is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Instruction open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Instruction is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .