Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

International Journal of Social Pedagogy

ISSN 2051-5804 · UCL Press · United Kingdom

International Journal of Social Pedagogy: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 28 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value

CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartileQ2Social Sciences (miscellaneous) · rank 333/744 · 55th percentile

Review timeabout 28 weeksCommunity average

APCNo APCDiamond open access (no APC)

Acceptance—No reports yet

Articles per year142025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

International Journal of Social Pedagogy is published by UCL Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Educational Practices and Policies, Social Work Education and Practice and Child Welfare and Adoption, together about 54.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Educational Practices and PoliciesSocial Sciences22.9%
Social Work Education and PracticeSocial Sciences20.7%
Child Welfare and AdoptionSocial Sciences11%
Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences7.3%
Critical and Liberation PedagogySocial Sciences6.6%
Historical Education Studies WorldwideSocial Sciences3.4%
Youth Development and Social SupportSocial Sciences2.2%
Adult and Continuing Education TopicsSocial Sciences2.2%

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.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

Subject	Quartile	Rank	Percentile
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	Q2	333/744	55th
Education	Q3	972/1698	42nd

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusDOAJLetPub

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: 1.7LetPub · 2026-11-01
SJR 2026-06: 0.27LetPub · 2026-11-01
SNIP 2026-06: 0.76LetPub · 2026-11-01
h-index: 15OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
i10-index: 31OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
2-year mean citedness: 1.09OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
Share of gold OA articles: 0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 202 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	21	21	141
2025	14	14	155
2024	19	19	124
2023	18	18	140
2022	11	11	96
2021	16	16	69

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 28 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported): about 28 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01
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	2026-11-01
LetPub	No APC	No	—	2026-11-01

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher: UCL Press
Country or region: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISSN: 2051-5804
Official links: Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
Author guidelines ↗LetPub
Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
APC information ↗DOAJ
Open access statement ↗DOAJ
License & copyright ↗DOAJ
Peer review process ↗LetPub
Editorial board ↗LetPub
Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Social Pedagogy

How long does peer review take at International Journal of Social Pedagogy?

Authors report an average review time of about 28 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 Social Pedagogy?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Social Pedagogy is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.

Is International Journal of Social Pedagogy open access, and what is the APC?

International Journal of Social Pedagogy 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; 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: 2026-11-01.