Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy
ISSN 1550-5170 · eISSN 2156-8154 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 202 days to acceptance (71 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 18% (journal website); 47 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Education Pedagogy and Practices and Critical and Liberation Pedagogy, together about 36.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy is dedicated to the study of curriculum theory, educational inquiry, and pedagogical praxis. This leading international journal brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to explore and critically examine diverse perspective on educational phenomena, from schools and cultural institutions to sites and concerns beyond institutional boundaries. The journal publishes articles that explore historical, philosophical, gendered, queer, racial, ethnic, indigenous, postcolonial, linguistic, autobiographical, aesthetic, theological, and/or international curriculum concerns and issues. The Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy aims to promote emergent scholarship that critiques and extends curriculum questions and education foundations that have relation to practice by embracing a plurality of critical, decolonizing education sciences that inform local struggles in universities, schools, classroom, and communities. This journal provides a platform for critical scholarship that will counter-narrate Eurocratic, whitened, instrumentalized, mainstream education. Submissions should be no more than 9,000 words (excluding references) and should be submitted in APA 7th edition format. Peer Review Policy: All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy are subjected to a preliminary internal review, and those deemed appropriate for publication in the journal are sent anonymously to peer reviewers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Educational Theory and Curriculum StudiesSocial Sciences19%
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences9%
- Critical and Liberation PedagogySocial Sciences8.6%
- Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences8.2%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences6.9%
- Art Education and DevelopmentArts and Humanities5.4%
- Educational Philosophies and PedagogiesSocial Sciences5%
- Gender, Sexuality, and EducationSocial Sciences4.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Q2 | 702/1698 | 58th |
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
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ProQuest, EBSCOhost, Education Research Complete, Education Source, MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association), TOC Premier (Table of Contents), Gale, Educational Research Abstracts OnlinePublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.23Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.31OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 45,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 822 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 9 | 331 |
| 2025 | 47 | 8 | 452 |
| 2024 | 43 | 11 | 442 |
| 2023 | 24 | 6 | 383 |
| 2022 | 34 | 8 | 348 |
| 2021 | 28 | 3 | 338 |
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
202 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 148 days – 291 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (71 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 233 days
- Sample
- 71 articles with submission and acceptance dates (84 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)
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 81 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 41 daysPublisher 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Submissions should be no more than 9,000 words (excluding references) and submitted in APA 7th edition format. Model summary
Submissions should be no more than 9,000 words (excluding references) and should be submitted in APA 7th edition format.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy 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 discover…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All manuscripts are subjected to a preliminary internal review; those deemed appropriate are sent anonymously to peer reviewers. Model summary
All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy are subjected to a preliminary internal review, and those deemed appropriate for publication in the journal are sent anonymously to peer reviewers.
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
- 1550-5170
- Electronic ISSN
- 2156-8154
- Society / sponsor
- Curriculum & Pedagogy Group
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy
How long does peer review take at Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy?
Based on the dates recorded on 71 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 202 days (interquartile range 148–291 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18%. 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 Curriculum and Pedagogy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy is a subscription journal. 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .