Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Literacy and Numeracy Studies
ISSN 1441-0559 · eISSN 1839-2903 · UTS ePRESS · Australia
Literacy and Numeracy Studies: fully open access; no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is no longer accepting submissions. It will become an archived title in December 2020. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2020 (Volume 28, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Literacy and Numeracy Studies is published by UTS ePRESS. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education Systems and Policy, Adult and Continuing Education Topics and Literacy, Media, and Education, together about 40.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Literacy and Numeracy Studies: An international journal in the education and training of adults is an international refereed journal which promotes research, scholarship and critical analysis of policy and practice concerning the many and complex ways that adult literacy and numeracy are implicated in the lives of young people and adults. Adult literacy and numeracy practices are locally situated, influenced by the cultures and contexts of use. What counts as reading writing and numeracy is ever changing, not least through the radical impacts of ‘new’ technologies; themselves in constant change. Building and measuring adult literacy and numeracy competence are central concerns across many nations. Although these concerns wax and wane as a significant policy focus, efforts by international agencies such as the OECD and UNESCO to standardise policy responses remain strong. The editors welcome analysis and critique of such developments as essential to a contemporary understanding of this field. This journal not only explores the multiple understandings of adult literacy and numeracy in policy and practice but also what people do with their skills, and how they use them with different texts and modalities and in differing contexts. Possibilities for adult literacy and numeracy learning occur in all environments and in many ways. Research sites have included workplaces, prisons, communities, higher education, vocational education, Indigenous and migrant populations, people in transition and virtual environments. Literacy and Numeracy Studies is one of perhaps only two international journals currently focusing on adult literacy and numeracy. Thus the editors are pleased to accept papers from a wide range of theoretical perspectives and research approaches reflecting differing epistemological positions and methodologies. Papers that take advantage of the potential of Literacy and Numeracy Studies for comparative analysis are particularly welcome. Finally, in recognition that adult literacy and numeracy are controversial and are engaged with the politics of equity, participation and social justice, the editors offer the opportunity, through the Refractions section of the journal, for contributors to publish more rhetorical and controversial pieces likely to interest our readers. Refractions papers are not normally submitted to external review. Responses to Refractions pieces are very welcome.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 3, New Zealand 2 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences14.7%
- Adult and Continuing Education TopicsSocial Sciences14.1%
- Literacy, Media, and EducationArts and Humanities11.4%
- Education and Vocational TrainingSocial Sciences7.5%
- Linguistics and Education ResearchArts and Humanities6%
- Mathematics Education and PedagogyMathematics4.8%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Innovative Education and Learning PracticesSocial 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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERA Listed JournalPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 60%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 173 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
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 ·
- Peer review
- Double blind peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted2
- articles (peer reviewed)Articles (PEER REVIEWED)Length not stated
- editorialEditorial Editorial Keiko Yasukawa, Rosie Wickert PDF HTMLLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
Our editors are required to declare any potential competing interests in undertaking their editorial duties. In cases where a manuscript is submitted by a colleague at their own institution or from their resesarch networks, editors will remove themselves from the decision-making process. A co-editor, or an external trusted expert, with no such connections, is then asked to act as the editor for th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Handling of Suspected Misconduct
Issues of suspected misconduct will be handled in accordance with the guidelines set out by the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; first publication right granted to journal; simultaneous Creative Commons Attribution License. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: a) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share and adapt the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. b) Authors are able to enter into s…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. This journal has no submission or article processing charges. Authors of published articles remain the copyright holders and grant others the right to use, reproduce, adapt and share their articles according to the Creative…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All research articles submitted to Literacy and Numeracy Studies: An international journal in the education and training of adults are reviewed by two independent peer referees who are qualified experts in the subject field. Non research articles will be reviewed by the Editorial Committee and, as necessary, will also be peer reviewed. Authors and reviewers remain anonymous during this process. Re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Preprint/self-archiving permitted and encouraged. Model summary
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work
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
- UTS ePRESS
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1441-0559
- Electronic ISSN
- 1839-2903
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 1 (2020)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Literacy and Numeracy Studies
How long does peer review take at Literacy and Numeracy Studies?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Literacy and Numeracy Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Literacy and Numeracy Studies based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (3) and New Zealand (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Is Literacy and Numeracy Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Literacy and Numeracy Studies is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .