Journal profile
Journal of Virtual Exchange
ISSN 2647-4832 · University of Groningen Press · Netherlands
Journal of Virtual Exchange: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Virtual Exchange is published by University of Groningen Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Online and Blended Learning, International Student and Expatriate Challenges and Global Education and Multiculturalism, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
What are the aims of the journal? The Journal of Virtual Exchange, an online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal, aims to support the community of telecollaborative practitioners and researchers by providing a forum for reporting and discussing innovative practice. The key conviction behind the journal is that telecollaboration owes its vitality in great measure to the innovative practice, experience-based insights and critical reflections of teaching professionals. The journal aims to be a forum for the exchange of ideas, insights, experience, and theory from practitioners and researchers, with an emphasis on dialogue between theory, principles and practice. What kinds of contribution does the journal accept? Research articles of up to 8000 words (including references, excluding appendices) report on theoretical and substantial empirical contributions (also includes systematic reviews or meta-analyses). A range of qualitative, quantitative and mixed approaches are acceptable, but such work will typically go beyond attitudinal investigations of reports, for which practice reports (see below) are a more suitable format. Practice reports of up to 4,000 words in length (including references, excluding appendices) should provide detailed, critical accounts of innovative telecollaborative projects of which at least one iteration has been completed and evaluated. The projects should not be simply replications of projects reported elsewhere in the literature: they should be original or, if closely based on existing projects or designs, incorporate significant adaptations. This means that authors should foreground changes and/or adaptations to the design or framework used (such as COIL) to meet the specific needs of the socio-institutional context(s) of application. If your aim is to report the effectiveness or impact of replication of an existing design or framework, please consider writing a research article. Keynote articles of up to 8000 words (including references, excluding appendices) are contributions taking a higher-level perspective on the field, by providing overviews of new developments in technology or pedagogy, for example, or addressing conceptual, theoretical, institutional, or infrastructural issues. They may also seek to place telecollaboration and virtual exchange in a wider context – intellectual, social, cultural or political. Keynote contributions have wide latitude as to their form, style, and content. The key requirement is that they should
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Carolin FuchsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 7%); most named Türkiye 4, United States 3, United Kingdom 2, Brazil 2, Mainland China 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences19.9%
- International Student and Expatriate ChallengesSocial Sciences12.3%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences11.6%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities8.7%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities8.3%
- English Language Learning and TeachingComputer Science4.7%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences3.6%
- Language, Communication, and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences3.6%
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
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.45OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 114 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 217 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 188 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 201 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 179 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 153 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 157 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| 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)
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- keynotesKeynotes: up to 8,000 words (including references, excluding appendices)Length not stated
- practice reportsPractice reports: up to 4,000 words (including references, excluding appendices)Length not stated
- research articleype (Appendices are separate). Example: Research Article: 7,846 words + Appendix: 1,234 words; Or: Practice Report (3950 words).main text ≤ 7,846 words
- research articlesResearch articles: up to 8,000 words (including references, excluding appendices)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
All our authors retain their copyright and all rights associated to their work, and what we ask in return is a mere non-exclusive right to publish their work in print and electronically. This means that authors are free to do whatever they want with their article, even republish it elsewhere, as long as the original creation is properly credited.Each accepted article is published under a Creative …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Practice reports, research articles, and contributions in other formats that pass the editors’ preliminary desk review are Anonymous Reviewer/Anonymous Author reviewed by two peer reviewers. Possible recommendations are: Accept as-is; Accept subject to minor revisions; Resubmit following substantial revisions; or Reject. The final decision is made by the editors. Both reviews are communicated to t…
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
- University of Groningen Press
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English, German, French
- ISSN
- 2647-4832
- Society / sponsor
- UNICollaboration
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 9 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Virtual Exchange
How long does peer review take at Journal of Virtual Exchange?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Virtual Exchange based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Türkiye (4), United States (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Virtual Exchange?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Virtual Exchange is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Virtual Exchange open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Virtual Exchange 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: .