Problems of Education in the 21st Century

Problems of Education in the 21st Century 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 Education and Critical Thinking Development, Science Education and Pedagogy and Online and Blended Learning, together about 26.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Problems of Education in the 21st Century is an international, periodical scientific journal publishing original research across the whole of education. The journal's Editorial Board and staff are committed to building PEC into the leading scientific journal in its field by publishing articles of outstanding scientific quality that merit the attention and interest of the whole educational community. PEC is peer-reviewed journal. Every submission is preliminarily assessed by the Editorial Board who also guide the formal peer-review process. Aproximatelly 60% of submissions are rejected. General requirements All articles must meet the highest scientific quality standards, both in terms of originality and significance, and the research results should make substantial advances within a particular subfield of education. PEC publishes only original research. Copyright Submission of a manuscript implies; that the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, or thesis) that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. By virtue of their appearance in this open access journal, articles are free to use, with proper attribution, in educational and other non-commercial settings. Peer Review Process Each paper is reviewed by the Editor in Chief and, if it is judged suitable for publication, it is then sent to at least two referees for blind review. Neither the Editor nor the reviewer will impose his or her personal biases on authors. Every effort is made to ensure that all manuscripts receive constructive, objective and speedy appraisals. A special review form is prepared for the reviewer. Based on the recommendations, the Editor in Chief decides whether the paper should be accepted as is, revised (improved) or rejected. The process described above is a general one. This process may vary depending on certain circumstances. The review process usually takes around 4-6 weeks. Full document is available here. Publication Ethics Statement PEC is committed to maintaining high standards through a rigorous peer-review together with strong and transparent ethical policies. An Initial Plagiarism Check is carried out for every manuscript submitted to PEC. The check starts with a standardized Google and other search engines. Each author should confirm obligatory (to write

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 3, Türkiye 3, Czechia 3, Poland 2, Malaysia 2 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCILetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

h-index

30OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

187OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.41OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

16.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

99.36%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

44LetPub · 2026-09-13

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ISSN

1822-7864

Electronic ISSN

2538-7111

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex