Journal profile
Middle Grades Review
ISSN 2379-4690 · University of Vermont · United States
Middle Grades Review: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Middle Grades Review is published by University of Vermont. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Critical Race Theory in Education and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, together about 31.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and Scope Middle Grades Review (MGR), a publication of Middle Grades Collaborative, provides a provocative forum for debate within the field of middle grades education. Inviting a critical perspective, MGR is a peer-reviewed, diamond open access, multi-media venue for scholars and practitioners who wish to broaden the discourse of middle grades education by challenging conventional wisdom. MGR seeks pieces that explore three themes: Democratic Education, Innovation, and Social Justice in relation to middle grades education and young adolescents. MGR uses a diamond open access model to make its published content free for readers and free for authors. All articles in MGR are free to access immediately from the data of publication. There are no article processing or submission charges. MGR is published by Middle Grades Collaborative in partnership with the University of Vermont Press.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Kathleen BrinegarPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences16.9%
- Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences7.5%
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences7.2%
- Education during COVID-19 pandemicSocial Sciences6.2%
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Critical and Liberation PedagogySocial Sciences5.6%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences4.3%
- Literacy, Media, and EducationArts and Humanities4%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERICPublisher website
Other: Cabell’s, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
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
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.42OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 208 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 73 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 63 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 112 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 102 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 91 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 129 |
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 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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-NC-ND | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Vermont
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2379-4690
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Middle Grades Review
How long does peer review take at Middle Grades Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 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.
Which databases index Middle Grades Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Middle Grades Review is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Middle Grades Review open access, and what is the APC?
Middle Grades Review 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .