Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning

Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning 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 Outdoor and Experiential Education, Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking and Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management, together about 50.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning is an official publication of the Institute for Outdoor Learning. The main purpose of the journal is to provide a central point and place of reference for the publication and dissemination of research and scholarship on adventure and the outdoors for learning and education. The journal aims to promote dialogue, research, thinking, teaching and practice from critical perspectives in the fields of adventure education and outdoor learning. It intends to publish papers concerned with social, cultural, political, ethical and environmental issues in the outdoor studies field. Outdoor Learning is an umbrella term for actively inclusive facilitated approaches that predominantly use activities and experiences in the outdoors which lead to learning, increased health and wellbeing, and environmental awareness. Adventure Education refers to the educational implications of activities which are perceived to have elements of personal, social or psychological risk. Therefore, while similar to outdoor learning or outdoor education, terms that may be used synonymously, Adventure Education couples those with challenge or uncertain outcomes. Papers that report on research with a wide international interest are especially welcome, as are papers engaging with critical, theoretical and methodological perspectives. We welcome submissions from all fields that relate to the outdoors and adventure, such as sport, tourism, leisure, geography, education and beyond. We are actively seeking articles that address ecological and social justice, moving away from anthropocentric colonial neoliberal frameworks. The journal accepts Original Articles submitted directly through the Taylor & Francis Scholar One system. These are your ‘typical’ academic manuscripts, which might include a review of literature, a methodology, results and such. Original Articles undergo rigorous double-blind peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. The word length for these manuscripts is up to 9000 words (including all component pieces – abstract, references, etc.). We also publish: Editorial Commentaries – these are primarily the introductions for special issues and are submitted by the guest editors directly to the Editor-in-Chief. Editorials are reviewed by the broader editorial team as part of the production process. Composite Articles – these are thought pieces that do not fit the conventio

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 4, Canada 2, New Zealand 2 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

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

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

PsycINFOERICPublisher website

Other: ProQuest, British Educational Index, Current Abstracts, Education Research Index, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Education Source, Educational Research Abstracts Online (ERA), European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ), PsycFIRST, Studies on Women and Gender 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.

Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.6Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.3Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

4.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

4.4Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.78LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.78Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

1.69LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.69Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

57OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

350OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.76OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

12.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

28.85%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

58LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

241,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

47%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

148 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

165 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

14 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1472-9679

Electronic ISSN

1754-0402

Society / sponsor

Institute for Outdoor Learning

Latest issue on the website

Volume 26, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website