Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Learning Media and Technology
ISSN 1743-9884 · eISSN 1743-9892 · Taylor & Francis
Learning Media and Technology: CAS Zone 1 · Education (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 4; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 220; median 244 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 5% (journal website); 63 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Learning Media and Technology is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 1 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literacy, Media, and Education, Impact of Technology on Adolescents and Child Development and Digital Technology, together about 28.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Learning, Media and Technology aims to stimulate debate on digital media, digital technology and digital cultures in education. The journal seeks to include submissions that take a critical approach towards all aspects of education and learning, digital media and digital technology - primarily from the perspective of the social sciences, humanities and arts. The journal has a long heritage in the areas of media education, media and cultural studies, film and television studies, and critical studies of education and technology. Current scholarship in the journal draws on science and technology studies (STS), cultural theory, cultural studies, sociology, media theory, political science, philosophy, platform studies, critical data studies, critical algorithm studies, critical infrastructure studies, critical AI research, and related fields, as well as general education studies. As such, Learning, Media and Technology is not looking to publish context-free studies of individual technologies in individual institutional settings, ‘how-to’ guides for the practical use of technologies in the classroom to improve skills, motivation or teaching, or articles about optimising the potential of technology in education. Instead, we invite submissions which clearly show how they make a robust theoretical, conceptual or empirically grounded contribution to contemporary debates. Topics include, but are not limited to: The ways in which platforms, infrastructures, algorithmic systems, artificial intelligence (‘AI’) technologies, datafication, etc. are shaping (and being shaped by) educational practices in local, national and global contexts The changing nature of knowledge, learning and pedagogy in a digitally networked world The social, cultural, economic and political relations of technology in education Digital media production, consumption, creativity, regulation and governance in educational contexts The ways in which digital media interact/intraact with learning environments, educational institutions and educational cultures The ways in which educational technologies (edtech) are entangled with issues of democracy and equity, social justice and the public good Submissions to Learning, Media and Technology analyse such questions from a global, interdisciplinary perspective in contributions of the very highest quality. The Editors encourage critical and comparative analyses including paradigms and methodologies that cross disciplinary and cultural boundaries. We are open
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 3, Germany 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literacy, Media, and EducationArts and Humanities10.8%
- Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Sciences9.1%
- Child Development and Digital TechnologySocial Sciences8.9%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences8.4%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences7.6%
- Digital Education and SocietyComputer Science6.9%
- Online Learning and AnalyticsComputer Science4.6%
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview 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 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Academic Search, Australian Education Index, Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index, Communication Abstracts, Contents Pages in Education, EBSCOhost EJS, EBSCO CD Rom Database, Education Journal, Educational Administration Abstracts, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Ergonomics Abstracts, ERIH, IFI/Plenum Data Corp
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
- 4LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 10.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.58LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.58Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.23LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 2.23Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 92OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 554OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 435,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 901 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63 | 46 | 51 |
| 2025 | 63 | 44 | 356 |
| 2024 | 49 | 34 | 464 |
| 2023 | 73 | 49 | 1,225 |
| 2022 | 64 | 37 | 1,381 |
| 2021 | 47 | 29 | 1,858 |
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
244 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 190 days – 319 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 277 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (133 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)
- 5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 90 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 219.5 / GBP 135 / EUR 174.5 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Navigating generative AI in higher education – six near future scenarios
Tiina Lindell et al. Research Article | Published online: 29 Sep 2025
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Learning, Media and Technology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverabil…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1743-9884
- Electronic ISSN
- 1743-9892
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Learning Media and Technology
What CAS zone is Learning Media and Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Learning Media and Technology is in Zone 1 of Education, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Education & Educational Research; it is a Top journal. 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 Learning Media and Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4; CiteScore 10.5, h-index 92.
How long does peer review take at Learning Media and Technology?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 244 days (interquartile range 190–319 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 5%. 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 JCR quartile is Learning Media and Technology in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 1 of Education.
Where are the editorial board members of Learning Media and Technology based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (3) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Learning Media and Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Learning Media and Technology is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Learning Media and Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Learning Media and Technology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 220.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .