Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
ISSN 0022-0671 · eISSN 1940-0675 · Taylor & Francis
JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.65; JCR Q1 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 172 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 123 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 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 Human auditory perception and evaluation, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Reading and Literacy Development, together about 23.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Educational Research publishes manuscripts that describe or synthesize research of direct relevance to educational practice in elementary and secondary schools, pre-K–12. Special consideration is given to articles that focus on variables that can be manipulated in educational settings. We accept research articles that illustrate a direct impact on teaching and learning in grades P-12. Qualitative and quantitative methodologies are welcome, including Experimental, Mixed Methods, Case Studies, Evaluations, Narrative Inquiry, and Replications. Please note that JER does not publish research situated in post-secondary education, education policy, educational psychology, or teacher education. JER also does not publish validation studies nor literature reviews. The Journal of Educational Research is a well-known and respected periodical that reaches an international audience of educators and others concerned with cutting-edge theories and proposals. For more than 100 years, the journal has contributed to the advancement of educational practice in elementary and secondary schools by judicious study of the latest trends, examination of new procedures, evaluation of traditional practices, and replication of previous research for validation. The journal is an invaluable resource for teachers, counselors, supervisors, administrators, curriculum planners, and educational researchers as they consider the structure of tomorrow's curricula.Special issues examine major education issues in depth. Topics of recent themes include methodology, motivation, and literacy. Peer Review Policy: All articles have undergone anonymous double-anonymized review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Mary F. HellerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering10.1%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences7.1%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences5%
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences4.8%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences4.4%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences4%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- 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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
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
- Impact factor
- 1.65LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.53Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 158OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,363OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 116LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 207,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,315 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 13 | 18 |
| 2025 | 123 | 17 | 299 |
| 2024 | 42 | 6 | 182 |
| 2023 | 37 | 8 | 165 |
| 2022 | 29 | 11 | 260 |
| 2021 | 64 | 8 | 847 |
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
172 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 122 days – 252 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 191 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (209 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)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 65 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 66 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- research situated in post-secondary education; education policy; educational psychology; teacher education; validation studies; literature reviews
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
The Journal of Educational Research 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 discove…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review Model summary
All articles have undergone anonymous double-anonymized review.
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
- 0022-0671
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-0675
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 119, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 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 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.65; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 158.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 172 days (interquartile range 122–252 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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.
What JCR quartile is JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Education.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 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: .