Journal of Philosophy of Education

Journal of Philosophy of Education is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Religious Education and Schools, Education and Critical Thinking Development and Political Philosophy and Ethics, together about 40% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy and Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Philosophy of Education publishes articles representing a wide variety of philosophical traditions. They vary from examination of fundamental philosophical issues in their connection with education, to detailed critical engagement with current educational practice or policy from a philosophical point of view. The journal aims to promote rigorous thinking on educational matters and to identify and criticise the ideological forces shaping education. Ethical, political, aesthetic and epistemological dimensions of educational theory are amongst those covered. Keywords philosophy, education, journal, educational, philosophical, ideology, ethics, politics, aesthetics, epistemology, theory, curriculum, school, higher, further, training, assessment, standards, article, research, analysis, periodical Abstracting and Indexing Information Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) British Education Index (EBSCO Publishing) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) Education Collection (ProQuest) Education Database (ProQuest) Education Index/Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) ERA: Educational Research Abstracts Online (T&F) ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center (CSC) Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (HW Wilson) Periodical Index Online (ProQuest) Philosopher's Index (Philosopher's Information Center) Philosophy Research Index (PDC) PhilPapers Professional Development Collection (EBSCO Publishing) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central K-355 Research Library (ProQuest) Research Library Prep (ProQuest) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 1.1 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 1.1 History Of Social Sciences (Rank by Impact Factor) 13/45 Education & Educational Research (Rank by Impact Factor) 456/760 2025 Cited Half-Life 8.2 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.5 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00136 2025 Article Influence Score 0.417 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 1.8 History (Rank by CiteScore) 125/1936 Philosophy (Rank by CiteScore) 150/891 Education (Rank by CiteScore) 933/1698 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.928 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 172,753 Peer Review and Production 2025 Median days from submis

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editor-in-chief David BakhurstPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 5, United States 2, Canada 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

ERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: EBSCO, ProQuest

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Impact

Impact factor

1.09LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.8Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.1Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

1.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.8Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.36LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.93LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

75OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

867OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.57OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

49.8%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

90LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

172,753Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Submission to first decision 2025

43 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

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.

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

ISSN

0309-8249

Electronic ISSN

1467-9752

Latest issue on the website

Volume 60, Issue 3 (June 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website