Journal profile
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
ISSN 1527-9316 · Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing · United States
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 48 weeks (community reports); 43 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is published by Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Evaluation of Teaching Practices, Innovative Teaching Methods and Higher Education Research Studies, together about 38.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 2001, the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL) is published by Indiana University's Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET). JoSoTL aims to address contemporary issues bridging teaching and learning in higher education, philosophical approaches to teaching, current research, and the practical application of educational theory in real-world settings. The journal publishes empirical research, case studies, essays, critiques, and articles of a theoretical/conceptual nature that contribute to deeper understanding of the issues, problems, and research relevant to the community of reflective teacher-scholars. Submissions must transcend disciplinary relevance as the journal's readership is interdisciplinary. Furthermore, unless reflecting on or analyzing SoTL itself as a construct, articles should address both teaching and the learning that takes place in higher education. Both undergraduate and graduate education are in scope. Article Types (7500 words) Articles: data-driven formal research projects with appropriate analysis, formal hypotheses and their testing, etc. These studies are either with a quantitative or qualitative emphasis and authors should indicate the appropriate domain. Acceptable articles establish a research rigor that leads to significant new understanding in pedagogy. Case studies--a case study focuses on an intense analysis of a specific teaching situation or problem that led to a solution. Case studies should have the following components: description of the teaching situation or problem, which must be well-grounded in the literature, solution or solutions attempted, quantitative or qualitative analysis of the effectiveness of the solution, reflection on the implications and possible generalization to other settings or populations. Reflective essays: essays that are philosophical in nature and challenge current practice, encourage experimentation, or draw novel conclusions. These must be well-grounded in the literature. Critiques: Critiques should deconstruct the selected work (i.e., empirical study, case study, reflective essay) through systematic, detailed assessments of published work related to learning analytics in higher education and be well-grounded in the literature. The critique should provide analysis of the works contributions, assumptions, and implications for teaching and learning. The title of the manuscript should clearly indicate the manuscript is a critique. Quick Hits (1500 wor
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences17.4%
- Innovative Teaching MethodsSocial Sciences11.9%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences9.5%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences7.3%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology5.2%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences4.7%
- Student Assessment and FeedbackSocial Sciences4.3%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 195OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 576 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 577 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 693 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 887 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 870 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 794 |
| 2021 | 66 | 66 | 804 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 48 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- publicly shared after acceptance before publication
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Policy on Authorship
APA Style 7th Edition Model summary
If the Submission has multiple authors, the submitting Author warrants that he or she has the authority to act on behalf of all other authors and hereby agrees to the following: i. The submitting Author is solely responsible for determining authorship and the appropriate order in which co-authors’ names appear in articles that are submitted to the journal for publication. ii. The journal shall acc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY 4.0 Model summary
Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL) right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License, (CC-BY) 4.0 International, allowing others to share the work with proper acknowledgement and citation of the work's authorship and initial publication in the Journal of the Scholarship of T…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
JoSoTL is an open access journal which means that all content is available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access I…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Anonymous review Model summary
JoSoTL accepts submissions from anyone interested in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in higher education. All submissions go through a desk review process that takes up to a month depending on the volume of submissions. After desk review, manuscripts are either declined as out of scope or premature for review, or they are assigned to reviewers. The review of these submissions follows a do…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original work only Model summary
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
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
- Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1527-9316
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning?
Authors report an average review time of about 48 weeks. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .