Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Journal of Education Finance
ISSN 0098-9495 · eISSN 1944-6470 · Institute for Educational Finance
Journal of Education Finance: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 12 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Education Finance is published by Institute for Educational Finance 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 School Choice and Performance, Higher Education Research Studies and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, together about 45.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences28.5%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences9.2%
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences7.1%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences5%
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
- Legal Issues in EducationSocial Sciences2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 192OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 66.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,235 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 23 | 0 | 29 |
| 2022 | 21 | 2 | 25 |
| 2021 | 70 | 3 | 88 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Institute for Educational Finance
- ISSN
- 0098-9495
- Electronic ISSN
- 1944-6470
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Education Finance
What CAS zone is Journal of Education Finance in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Education Finance is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of Education Finance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Education Finance is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Education Finance open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Education Finance is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .