Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
Journal of Geoscience Education
ISSN 1089-9995 · eISSN 2158-1428 · National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Inc.
Journal of Geoscience Education: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 350 days to acceptance (62 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 45% (journal website); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Geoscience Education is published by National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Science Education and Pedagogy, Geography Education and Pedagogy and Career Development and Diversity, together about 61.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Geoscience Education (JGE) is a peer-reviewed publication for geoscience education research, and serves as an international forum for research concerning the pedagogy, assessment, and philosophy of teaching and learning about the geosciences and related domains. JGE is a publication of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, a non-profit, member-driven organization that supports a diverse, inclusive, and thriving community of educators and education researchers to improve teaching and learning about the Earth. The Journal of Geoscience Education is open to all manuscripts related to learning and teaching in geoscience and related domains. Learning and teaching are broadly construed to include all types of learning, as well as all settings in which learning can occur. Geoscience includes all Earth-related fields, including geology, oceanography, atmospheric science and meteorology, climate science, environmental science, and planetary science, among others, while related fields extend beyond the geosciences to other scientific disciplines, mathematics, and engineering, as well as the social and behaviorual sciences and the humanities. We publish four types of articles: Research Articles include both empirical studies of a particular research question and new theoretical or philosophical approaches. Curriculum and Instruction papers describe new teaching materials or methods and provide evidence for their effectiveness. Literature Reviews synthesize and evaluate the published literature on a topic within geoscience education research or practice. Commentaries provide a critical or alternative viewpoint on a key issue or provide insight into an important development that is of broad interest to geoscience educators or researchers. JGE is committed to peer-review integrity and uphold the highest standards of review. Manuscripts that meet our aims and scope will be single anonymized peer-reviewed by expert referees. For more information about submitting to JGE, please see Information for Authors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Editor-in-chief Alison JolleyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences36.6%
- Geography Education and PedagogySocial Sciences20.5%
- Career Development and DiversitySocial Sciences4.5%
- Evolution and Science EducationArts and Humanities3.9%
- Geotourism and Geoheritage ConservationEarth and Planetary Sciences3.7%
- Innovative Teaching MethodsSocial Sciences3.6%
- Environmental and sustainability educationEnvironmental Science3.6%
- Problem and Project Based LearningSocial Sciences3.1%
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 | 489/1698 | — |
| General Earth and Planetary Sciences | Q2 | 66/201 | — |
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
GeoRefPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCOhost Arctic & Antarctic Regions (A A R), Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson), Current Abstracts, Education Research Index, Elsevier BV GEOBASE, ProQuest Earth, Atmospheric, & Aquatic Science Database, ProQuest Engineering Collection, ProQuest Science Journals, ProQuest SciTech Collection
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
- 3.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.48Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.99Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 580OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.51OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 97,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,030 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 15 | 1,151 |
| 2025 | 37 | 14 | 1,527 |
| 2024 | 37 | 17 | 1,670 |
| 2023 | 42 | 25 | 1,763 |
| 2022 | 38 | 17 | 1,727 |
| 2021 | 51 | 20 | 1,878 |
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
350 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 274 days – 431 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (63 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 365 days
- Sample
- 62 articles with submission and acceptance dates (77 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)
- 45%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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)
Article types accepted4
- commentariesCommentaries provide a critical or alternative viewpoint on a key issue or provide insight into an important development that is of broad interest to geoscience…Length not stated
- curriculum and instructionCurriculum and Instruction papers describe new teaching materials or methods and provide evidence for their effectiveness.Length not stated
- literature reviewsLiterature Reviews synthesize and evaluate the published literature on a topic within geoscience education research or practice.Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles include both empirical studies of a particular research question and new theoretical or philosophical approaches.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal Model summary
Journal of Geoscience 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 discoverabi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
Manuscripts that meet our aims and scope will be single anonymized peer-reviewed by expert 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
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Inc.
- ISSN
- 1089-9995
- Electronic ISSN
- 2158-1428
- Society / sponsor
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 74, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Geoscience Education
How long does peer review take at Journal of Geoscience Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 62 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 350 days (interquartile range 274–431 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 45%. 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 Geoscience Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Geoscience Education is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists GeoRef; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Geoscience Education open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Geoscience Education 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: .