Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Open Education Studies
ISSN 2544-7831 · De Gruyter · Poland
Open Education Studies: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 27 weeks (community reports); 52 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: The journal will be discontinued at the end of December 2026 and is no longer accepting new submissions. We warmly invite you to submit your work to Open Education Studies: https://www2.cloud.editorialmanager.com/openedu/default2.aspx Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Open Education Studies is published by De Gruyter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques, Mathematics Education and Pedagogy and Online and Blended Learning, together about 21.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal Open Education Studies is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal that publishes original and relevant articles in all fields of education research. It publishes both theoretical as well as empirical and methodological contributions to education research. Its coverage encompasses all forms of teaching and learning at all levels, from early childhood development to lifelong learning. The journal provides the readers with free and permanent access to all content worldwide; and the authors with article promotion, long-time preservation, language assistance, no space constraints and immediate publication. Aims and scope: The journal’s scope includes, but is not limited to the following areas of research: Educational psychology Sociology of education Educational philosophy Economics of education Pedagogy Educational policy Educational leadership Higher education Early childhood education K12 education Vocational and workforce education Teacher and trainer education Faculty development Health education STEM education Special education Information literacy education Teaching and learning with emerging technologies Distance and e-learning Games and simulations Learning Design Assessment and evaluation Your Benefits Why submitAs an Author of Open Educatuion Studies You benefit from
· fair and constructive peer review
· quick online publication of accepted papers (continuous publication model)
· language polishing services upon acceptance for authors from non-English speaking regions
· no limitations on colour figures and word count in published articles
· all articles are freely available to the academic community worldwide without any restrictions
· promotion of published papers to readers and citers
· distribution to open access directories (such as DOAJ) and thousands of libraries worldwide
· liberal policies on copyrights (authors retain copyright) and on self-archiving (no embargo periods)
· secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico Article Processing ChargesIn order to sustain the publishing process, each article accepted for publication in Open Education Studies is subject to an Article Processing Charge of €500 (to all new submissions until 31 December 2024). The new APC of €750 shall apply from 1 January 2025 (for new manuscripts only). This fee is used to cover the costs of manuscript processing, professional typesetting and copyediting, as well as online hosting, long-term preservation, and exten
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Raúl NavarroPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 13%); most named United States 2, Portugal 2, Mainland China 1, South Korea 1, Spain 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mathematics Education and Teaching TechniquesSocial Sciences9.4%
- Mathematics Education and PedagogyMathematics6.8%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences5.4%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- STEM EducationSocial Sciences4.8%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences4.5%
- Education during COVID-19 pandemicSocial Sciences4.5%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 283/744 | — |
| Education | Q3 | 868/1698 | — |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | Q3 | 245/380 | — |
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
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLCPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.72OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 300 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 53 | 487 |
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | 507 |
| 2024 | 71 | 71 | 401 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 311 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 205 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 80 |
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 27 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 27 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 750 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 750 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 500 / EUR 750 | — | — |
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 websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Editorial Policies
Detailed information on Editorial Policy, Publication Ethics, Instructions for Authors etc. can be found in the Supplementary Materials section.
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
- De Gruyter
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2544-7831
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Open Education Studies
How long does peer review take at Open Education Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 27 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Open Education Studies based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 13%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2), Portugal (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Open Education Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Open Education Studies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Open Education Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Open Education Studies is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .