Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
MENTORING & TUTORING
ISSN 1361-1267 · eISSN 1469-9745 · Taylor & Francis
MENTORING & TUTORING: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.4 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 519 days to acceptance (66 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 28% (journal website); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
MENTORING & TUTORING is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mentoring and Academic Development, Reflective Practices in Education and Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion, together about 46.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mentoring & Tutoring seeks to publish papers on all aspects of mentoring, tutoring and partnership in education, other academic disciplines and the professions. The purpose of Mentoring & Tutoring is to help advance knowledge and understanding of mentoring, tutoring and/or partnership in learning through a focus on high-quality research papers and development activities. The journal welcomes contributions from the widening field of mentoring and tutoring including papers of a philosophical, socio-political, or creative nature. Comparative aspects of mentoring, tutoring and partnership are of special interest as these techniques are increasingly used worldwide. "As more and more individuals and organizations turn to mentoring as a way of encouraging learning and development, complex questions about the theory and practice of mentoring become visible. Traditional conceptions of mentoring as expert/novice relationships are now open to critical inquiry. Mentoring & Tutoring is the most up-to-date source of quality research for those interested in contemporary forms of mentoring." D. Jean Clandinin, Professor and Director Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development University of Alberta " Mentoring & Tutoring provides current and significant research on educational topics that can be used by educators to more effectively improve student achievement and teacher learning through collegial professional development." Raymond A. Horn, Jr. Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctor of Education Program for Educational Leaders, Saint Joseph’ University; co-editor, Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly Peer Review Policy: All research articles in Mentoring & Tutoring have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Nathan R. TempletonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 4, Australia 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mentoring and Academic DevelopmentPsychology23.7%
- Reflective Practices in EducationSocial Sciences11.9%
- Collaborative Teaching and InclusionSocial Sciences10.6%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences10.1%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences8.9%
- Career Development and DiversitySocial Sciences4.5%
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety StudiesPsychology4.3%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: Academic Search, Australian Education Index (AEI), Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, Cabells, British Education Index, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), EBSCOhost EJS
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.52Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.89Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 477OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 96,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,003 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 33 | 11 | 44 |
| 2024 | 37 | 17 | 109 |
| 2023 | 38 | 14 | 229 |
| 2022 | 36 | 9 | 274 |
| 2021 | 33 | 8 | 462 |
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
519 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 383 days – 674 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (66 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 533 days
- Sample
- 66 articles with submission and acceptance dates (73 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)
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 294 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 327 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 10 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 | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- editorialEditor: Dr. Nathan R. Templeton, East Texas A&M University - Commerce, USA Editor Emerita: Dr. Beverly J. Irby, Texas A&M University, USA Dr. Carol A. Mullen, V…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning 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 t…
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 Mentoring & Tutoring 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
- 1361-1267
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-9745
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about MENTORING & TUTORING
What CAS zone is MENTORING & TUTORING in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, MENTORING & TUTORING is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of MENTORING & TUTORING?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 68.
How long does peer review take at MENTORING & TUTORING?
Based on the dates recorded on 66 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 519 days (interquartile range 383–674 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28%. 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 MENTORING & TUTORING in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (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 3 of Education.
Where are the editorial board members of MENTORING & TUTORING 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 United States (4) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index MENTORING & TUTORING?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, MENTORING & TUTORING is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is MENTORING & TUTORING open access, and what is the APC?
MENTORING & TUTORING is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .