Journal profile · Multiple
Journal of Research in Reading
ISSN 0141-0423 · eISSN 1467-9817 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Research in Reading: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.63; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,620; median 445 days to acceptance (39 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Research in Reading is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Reading and Literacy Development, Writing and Handwriting Education and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, together about 46% of its articles. Its main subfields are Developmental and Educational Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Research in Reading provides an international forum for research focusing on literacy. It is a peer-reviewed journal principally devoted to reports of original empirical research in reading and closely related fields (e.g., spoken language, writing), and to informed reviews of relevant literature. The Journal welcomes papers on the learning, teaching, and use of literacy in adults or children in a variety of contexts, with a particular focus on psychological and educational approaches. The Journal encourages papers within any research paradigm and from researchers in any relevant field. The Journal includes three types of articles: empirical research reports of 5,000 – 8,000 words; brief research notes of 3,000 – 5,000 words; and informed reviews of relevant literature of around 8,000 words. The Journal of Research in Reading is published for the United Kingdom Literacy Association. An institutional subscription to Journal of Research in Reading includes 3 issues of Literacy also from UKLA.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Deb BrosseukPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 7%); most named United Kingdom 13, Hong Kong, China 5, Australia 3, Mainland China 2, Canada 2 (30 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology32.5%
- Writing and Handwriting EducationSocial Sciences6.8%
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsMathematics6.7%
- Language Development and DisordersPsychology6.2%
- Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismNeuroscience5.8%
- Child Development and Digital TechnologySocial Sciences5.4%
- Educational Strategies and EpistemologiesPsychology4.1%
- Second Language Acquisition and LearningPsychology3.9%
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 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | 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 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview 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 |
| Minor | Psychology, Educational | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 1.63LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 709OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 56.16%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 24Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 156,795Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,461 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 32 | 21 | 34 |
| 2024 | 36 | 28 | 162 |
| 2023 | 30 | 17 | 150 |
| 2022 | 42 | 23 | 455 |
| 2021 | 44 | 19 | 519 |
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
445 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 323 days – 570 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (39 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 465 days
- Sample
- 39 articles with submission and acceptance dates (48 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 ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 422 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,620 / EUR 3,040 / GBP 2,420 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- brief reportArticle Type Description Word Limit (including, abstract, research implications, tables, references, and appendices) Abstract Original Article Reports of new em…Length not stated
- editorialArticle Type Description Word Limit (including, abstract, research implications, tables, references, and appendices) Abstract Original Article Reports of new em…Length not stated
- opinionArticle Type Description Word Limit (including, abstract, research implications, tables, references, and appendices) Abstract Original Article Reports of new em…Length not stated
- original articleArticle Type Description Word Limit (including, abstract, research implications, tables, references, and appendices) Abstract Original Article Reports of new em…Length not stated
- registered reportArticle Type Description Word Limit (including, abstract, research implications, tables, references, and appendices) Abstract Original Article Reports of new em…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- research reporten 5000 and 8000 words in length. Brief Research Reports are 3,000 to 5,000 words in length, and review papers are generally around 8,000 wormain text ≤ 5,000 words
- revieware 3,000 to 5,000 words in length, and review papers are generally around 8,000 words in length. Registered Reports must adhere to the same wordmain text ≤ 8,000 words
- review articleArticle Type Description Word Limit (including, abstract, research implications, tables, references, and appendices) Abstract Original Article Reports of new em…Length not stated
- systematic reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit (including, abstract, research implications, tables, references, and appendices) Abstract Original Article Reports of new em…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons licensing options (CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND) Model summary
This journal uses the CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access WALS + standard CTA/ELA and/or Open Access for hybrid titles
You may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License. Standard re-use and licensing rights vary by journal. Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. This journal uses the CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License.Self-Archiving Definitions and Policies: Note …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprints accepted for review Model summary
This journal will consider for review articles previously available as preprints.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0141-0423
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-9817
- Society / sponsor
- United Kingdom Literacy Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 4 (November 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Research in Reading
What CAS zone is Journal of Research in Reading in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Research in Reading is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Education & Educational Research / Psychology, Educational. 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 Research in Reading?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.63; CiteScore 4, h-index 93.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Research in Reading?
Based on the dates recorded on 39 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 445 days (interquartile range 323–570 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Research in Reading based?
Of the 30 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (13), Hong Kong, China (5) and Australia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Research in Reading?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Research in Reading is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO, ERIC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Research in Reading open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Research in Reading is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,620.
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: .