Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL
Journal of Educational Psychology
ISSN 0022-0663 · eISSN 1939-2176 · APA
Journal of Educational Psychology: CAS Zone 1 · Education (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.99; hybrid open access; 136 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Educational Psychology is published by APA and is in Zone 1 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reading and Literacy Development, Education, Achievement, and Giftedness and Education and Critical Thinking Development, together about 22.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Developmental and Educational Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology9.6%
- Education, Achievement, and GiftednessPsychology6.8%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.6%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.5%
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsMathematics6.4%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology5.6%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology5.5%
- Educational Strategies and EpistemologiesPsychology4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 5.99LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 395OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,163OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 12,637 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 122 | 52 | 7 |
| 2025 | 136 | 89 | 296 |
| 2024 | 138 | 79 | 691 |
| 2023 | 101 | 44 | 1,776 |
| 2022 | 111 | 43 | 1,792 |
| 2021 | 136 | 42 | 3,601 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- APA
- ISSN
- 0022-0663
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-2176
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Educational Psychology
What CAS zone is Journal of Educational Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Educational Psychology is in Zone 1 of Education, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Psychology, Educational; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Educational Psychology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.99; CiteScore 13.6, h-index 395.
Which databases index Journal of Educational Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Educational Psychology is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Educational Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Educational Psychology is a hybrid 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: .