Journal profile
Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education
ISSN 1718-4770 · University of Alberta · Canada
Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 17 weeks (community reports); 18 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education is published by University of Alberta. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Critical Race Theory in Education, Critical and Liberation Pedagogy and Indigenous and Place-Based Education, together about 24% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education (JCIE) is an open access, peer reviewed journal that is currently published twice a year. The JCIE is committed to publishing original articles by eminent and emerging scholars that take a critical and interdisciplinary approach on a variety of issues in education from diverse contexts. The journal is open to both field-based research and conceptual and theoretical works; it especially welcomes theoretically-informed critical scholarship that aims to contest conventional assumptions about educational and social development contexts and relationships. As such, JCIE accepts for review, previously unpublished articles that include but are not limited to global education, foundations of education (including sociological, philosophical, historical and cultural studies in education), citizenship and human rights education, social justice and related issues in education, decolonization, ecological/climate/environmental justice, specialized curriculum studies topics, policy studies in education and politics of education. As the journal has a social justice lens, we prioritize qualitative research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences8.6%
- Critical and Liberation PedagogySocial Sciences8.3%
- Indigenous and Place-Based EducationSocial Sciences7.1%
- Education and experiences of immigrants and refugeesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Peace and Human Rights EducationSocial Sciences5%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences4.8%
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences4.8%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences4.8%
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
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.87OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 264 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 171 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 190 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 234 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 230 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 222 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 244 |
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 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 | |
| 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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship
APA 7th edition style; footnotes and endnotes avoided. Model summary
Manuscripts should conform to the style of the American Psychological Association (7th edition); footnotes and endnotes should be avoided as much as possible.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright vested with authors under CC BY 4.0. Model summary
Copyright for this journal is vested with the author under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work wit…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, peer reviewed journal Model summary
The Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education (JCIE) is an open access, peer reviewed journal
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All submissions are in English and undergo blind review. Model summary
All contributions should be in English, and all submissions will be subjected to blind review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint archiving permitted and encouraged. Model summary
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process.
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
- University of Alberta
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1718-4770
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education
How long does peer review take at Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education?
Authors report an average review time of about 17 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 Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education 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: .