Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
Learning: Research and Practice
ISSN 2373-5082 · eISSN 2373-5090 · Taylor & Francis
Learning: Research and Practice: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 238 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 15% (journal website); 38 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Learning: Research and Practice is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Educational Research and Methods and Reading and Literacy Development, together about 27.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Learning: Research and Practice is an international journal of education that recognizes the complexities of interactions between different approaches to understanding the phenomena of learning. We aim to highlight novel perspectives on how learning occurs, the relationships between knowledge, learners, their peers, educators, and tools, and how these processes can be supported or even enhanced, as well as its normative prescription. We are open to inquiries about learning in its various sites, in contexts in and out of schools and other institutions, and across the entire life span when it happens. In particular, practices of learning with in-depth case reports are encouraged. Additionally, work that foregrounds the relationship between learning and technology is a priority for this journal. Because technologies are not neutral or politically agnostic artefacts, research that recognises the contexts in which technologies are designed and deployed, as well as the theoretical mechanisms for how learning is improved (or possibly harmed) with technology, will be a feature of this journal. Diverse levels of analysis have been proposed, ranging from the micro-genetic to the ecological. While significant gains have been reported, the challenge remains in developing an integrative comprehension. What role, for instance, might a social collaborative approach to learning play in emotions or cognition? How do artefacts influence embodied interactions and create cultures of learning? What may be sociocultural, political, and contextual influences on the design of learning artefacts, systems, and environments; and what may be its outcomes? While not meant to be exhaustive, these are some suggestive lines of inquiry that we want to curate. While theories of learning provide hard won knowledge of good general utility, it is nonetheless important to guard against a mechanistic, reductionist perspective that simply assumes all human interaction must proceed apace. The practice of learning presents challenges in the form of complexity that prevents us adopting such hubris. We therefore also welcome case reports that present the metaphorical black swan and invite the community to puzzle along in explanation. Contributions that are supported by a variety of theoretical orientations, drawing from, but not limited to, anthropology, cognitive psychology, cognitive sciences, computational sciences, curriculum and instruction, educational neuroscience, educational psychology, edu
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 17%); most named Singapore 4, Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology14.7%
- Educational Research and MethodsSocial Sciences6.7%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology6.1%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences5.8%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences5.2%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Literacy and Educational PracticesSocial Sciences4.6%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Q1 | 83/1698 | 95th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- 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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERICPublisher website
Other: Crossref, Educational Research Abstracts Online (ERA), Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), ACER
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 9.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.76LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.76Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.82LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.82Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.16OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 62,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 995 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 5 | 401 |
| 2025 | 38 | 5 | 569 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5 | 458 |
| 2023 | 19 | 7 | 326 |
| 2022 | 17 | 4 | 252 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 268 |
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
238 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 158 days – 340 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (54 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 277 days
- Sample
- 54 articles with submission and acceptance dates (58 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)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 73 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted8, with length limits
- article commentaryArticle Commentary (1,000 words): article commentaries, responses to commentaries, and/or discussions of general relevance.main text ≤ 1,000 words
- book reviewnd/or discussions of general relevance. Book Reviews (1,000 words): reviews to provide recommendations to the scholarly commumain text ≤ 1,000 words
- book reviewsBook Reviews (1,000 words): reviews to provide recommendations to the scholarly community.main text ≤ 1,000 words
- brief reporting, or extended theoretical arguments. Brief Reports (3,000 words): reports of innovative current work at earlier stages of imain text ≤ 3,000 words
- brief reportsBrief Reports (3,000 words): reports of innovative current work at earlier stages of idea conceptualisation and/or empirical exploration that is of high value t…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- commentaryresearchers and practitioners. Article Commentary (1,000 words): article commentaries, responses to commentaries, and/or dmain text ≤ 1,000 words
- research articlesubmissions for the following sections: Research Articles (6,000 words): articles of empirically supported studies on learning, ormain text ≤ 6,000 words
- research articlesResearch Articles (6,000 words): articles of empirically supported studies on learning, or extended theoretical arguments.main text ≤ 6,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Learning: Research and Practice 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 discoverabi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Integrity
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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
- 2373-5082
- Electronic ISSN
- 2373-5090
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Learning: Research and Practice
How long does peer review take at Learning: Research and Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 238 days (interquartile range 159–335 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15%. 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 Learning: Research and Practice based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 17%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Singapore (4), Mainland China (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Learning: Research and Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Learning: Research and Practice is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Learning: Research and Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Learning: Research and Practice is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .