Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Journal of Further and Higher Education
ISSN 0309-877X · eISSN 1469-9486 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Further and Higher Education: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.1 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 616 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 53% (journal website); 102 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Further and Higher Education is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Evaluation of Teaching Practices, Higher Education Research Studies and Higher Education Learning Practices, together about 25.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Further and Higher Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarly work that represents the whole field of post-16 education and training. The journal engages with a diverse range of topics within the field including management and administration, teacher education and training, curriculum, staff and institutional development, and teaching and learning strategies and processes. Through encouraging engagement with and around policy, contemporary pedagogic issues and professional concerns within different educational systems around the globe, Journal of Further and Higher Education is committed to promoting excellence by providing a forum for scholarly debate and evaluation. Articles that are accepted for publication probe and offer original insights in an accessible, succinct style, and debate and critique practice, research, theory. They offer informed perspectives on contextual and professional matters and critically examine the relationship between theory and practice across the spectrum of further and higher education. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Anastasia ChristouPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences9.4%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences8.2%
- Higher Education Learning PracticesSocial Sciences8%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences7.8%
- Higher Education and EmployabilitySocial Sciences7.6%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences6.8%
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.7%
- Reflective Practices in EducationSocial Sciences6.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERICPublisher website
Other: AVETRA ranking of VET and adult education journals, Australian Education Index (AEI), Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Research into Higher Education Abstracts, VOCEDplus
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 (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.01LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.01Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.53Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 959OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.54%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 100LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 584,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,392 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 93 | 46 | 24 |
| 2025 | 102 | 54 | 194 |
| 2024 | 69 | 36 | 284 |
| 2023 | 76 | 50 | 822 |
| 2022 | 85 | 42 | 1,321 |
| 2021 | 79 | 37 | 2,684 |
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
616 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 415 days – 781 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 637 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (217 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) 2025
- 53%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 220 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 297 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 10 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Journal of Further and Higher Education 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 dis…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles undergo rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
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
- 0309-877X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-9486
- Society / sponsor
- University and College Union
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 50, Issue 7 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Further and Higher Education
What CAS zone is Journal of Further and Higher Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Further and Higher Education is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Further and Higher Education?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 85.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Further and Higher Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 616 days (interquartile range 415–781 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 53% (2025). 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 Further and Higher Education in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (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 3 of Education.
Which databases index Journal of Further and Higher Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Further and Higher Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Further and Higher Education open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Further and Higher Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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: .