Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Irish Educational Studies
ISSN 0332-3315 · eISSN 1747-4965 · Taylor & Francis
Irish Educational Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.87; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 263 days to acceptance (84 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 22% (journal website); 69 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Irish Educational Studies is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Systems and Policy, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Religious Education and Schools, together about 30.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Irish Educational Studiesis an international, refereed journal publishing manuscripts on a range of topics relevant to education by drawing on the full spectrum of disciplines that feed into educational theory and practice; this includes anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, economics, philosophy, politics and curriculum studies. The journal welcomes papers that draw on a range of research methodologies, with articles that have a critical edge, making links between the local and global and influences on practice across all sectors of education – from early childhood education, primary and post-primary schooling through to higher education – of particular interest. 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
Editor-in-chief Audrey BryanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ireland 4, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Switzerland 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences10.9%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences10.5%
- Religious Education and SchoolsSocial Sciences8.7%
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences5.1%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.4%
- Higher Education Learning PracticesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.2%
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)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- 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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEERICPublisher website
Other: Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
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
- 1.87LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.44LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.44Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 370OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 322,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,541 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 18 | 14 |
| 2025 | 69 | 30 | 97 |
| 2024 | 43 | 29 | 144 |
| 2023 | 91 | 59 | 628 |
| 2022 | 83 | 47 | 785 |
| 2021 | 80 | 54 | 1,361 |
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
263 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 199 days – 364 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (84 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 288 days
- Sample
- 84 articles with submission and acceptance dates (119 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)
- 22%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 142 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 accepted2
- book reviewBook Review | Published online: 15 Aug 2026Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 20 Aug 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Irish Educational Studies 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 a…
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
- 0332-3315
- Electronic ISSN
- 1747-4965
- Society / sponsor
- Educational Studies Association of Ireland
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Irish Educational Studies
What CAS zone is Irish Educational Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Irish Educational Studies 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.
What is the impact factor of Irish Educational Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.87; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at Irish Educational Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 84 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 263 days (interquartile range 199–364 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 22%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Irish Educational Studies in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Education.
Where are the editorial board members of Irish Educational Studies based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Ireland (4), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Irish Educational Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Irish Educational Studies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Irish Educational Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Irish Educational Studies 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .