Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION
ISSN 0022-1546 · eISSN 1538-4640 · Ohio State University Press
JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.27; hybrid open access; median 281 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); 69 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION is published by Ohio State University Press 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 Higher Education Governance and Development, Higher Education Research Studies and Academic Freedom and Politics, together about 38% 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
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences18.6%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences13.8%
- Academic Freedom and PoliticsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Higher Education and Teaching MethodsComputer Science5.5%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.2%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.5%
- History and Developments in AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy3.5%
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 3 |
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 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview 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
- 2.27LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 235OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,615OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 68LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 19,284 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 14 | 5 |
| 2025 | 69 | 23 | 179 |
| 2024 | 41 | 13 | 214 |
| 2023 | 53 | 13 | 494 |
| 2022 | 37 | 7 | 507 |
| 2021 | 46 | 8 | 1,056 |
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
281 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 222 days – 359 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 303 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (120 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".
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
- Ohio State University Press
- ISSN
- 0022-1546
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-4640
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 3 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 HIGHER EDUCATION?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.27; CiteScore 6, h-index 235.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 281 days (interquartile range 222–359 days). 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 HIGHER EDUCATION?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .