Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Policy Futures in Education
ISSN 1478-2103 · Symposium Journals Ltd.,
Policy Futures in Education: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 107 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Policy Futures in Education is published by Symposium Journals Ltd., and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Educational Policies and Reforms, Global Education and Multiculturalism and Higher Education Governance and Development, together about 35.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences17.9%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences11.4%
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.2%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences4.2%
- Critical and Liberation PedagogySocial Sciences4.2%
- Diverse Education Studies and ReformsSocial Sciences4%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| 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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 607OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 46.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 100LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,703 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 107 | 59 | 228 |
| 2024 | 80 | 55 | 520 |
| 2023 | 73 | 53 | 466 |
| 2022 | 80 | 23 | 670 |
| 2021 | 97 | 37 | 1,146 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Symposium Journals Ltd.,
- ISSN
- 1478-2103
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Policy Futures in Education
What CAS zone is Policy Futures in Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Policy Futures in Education is in Zone 4 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.
Which databases index Policy Futures in Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Policy Futures in Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Policy Futures in Education open access, and what is the APC?
Policy Futures in Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .