Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
School Effectiveness and School Improvement
ISSN 0924-3453 · eISSN 1744-5124 · Taylor & Francis
School Effectiveness and School Improvement: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.39; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 204 days to acceptance (36 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
School Effectiveness and School Improvement 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 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, School Choice and Performance and Educational Assessment and Improvement, together about 44.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
School Effectiveness and School Improvement presents information on educational effectiveness, practice and policy-making across primary and secondary education. The Editors believe that the educational progress of all students, regardless of family background and economic status, is the key indicator of effectiveness and improvement in schools. School Effectiveness and School Improvement strives to explore this idea with manuscripts that cover a range of subjects within the area of educational effectiveness at the classroom, school or system level, including, but not limited to: Effective pedagogy Classroom climate School ethos and leadership School improvement and reform programmes Systemwide policy and reform The journal does not subscribe to any particular methodology, and publishes quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies, literature reviews, historical overviews, case studies (except single case studies), theoretical and philosophical material and methodological papers, providing they are relevant to the field of educational effectiveness and demonstrate the rigour expected from a leading education journal. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. The journal also publishes an annual list of referees in the first issue of each volume.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, Netherlands 1, Switzerland 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences17%
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences14.5%
- Educational Assessment and ImprovementDecision Sciences12.6%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences12.3%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences7.5%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences5.2%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology3.7%
- Evaluation and Performance AssessmentDecision Sciences3.5%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index (BEI), Contents Pages in Education, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), Educational Administration Abstracts, Educational Research Abtracts online (ERA), Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC), Psychological Abstracts, PsycLIT, Research Alrt, Social SciSearch
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
- 2.39LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.87Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.34Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 111OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 669OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 38.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 195,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 997 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 30 | 21 | 130 |
| 2024 | 26 | 15 | 117 |
| 2023 | 15 | 8 | 171 |
| 2022 | 52 | 13 | 505 |
| 2021 | 24 | 11 | 450 |
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
204 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 132 days – 287 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (36 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 220 days
- Sample
- 36 articles with submission and acceptance dates (54 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)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 61 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
School Effectiveness and School Improvement 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 the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal 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
- 0924-3453
- Electronic ISSN
- 1744-5124
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about School Effectiveness and School Improvement
What CAS zone is School Effectiveness and School Improvement in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, School Effectiveness and School Improvement is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of School Effectiveness and School Improvement?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.39; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 111.
How long does peer review take at School Effectiveness and School Improvement?
Based on the dates recorded on 36 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 204 days (interquartile range 132–287 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8%. 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 School Effectiveness and School Improvement 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 School Effectiveness and School Improvement based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), Netherlands (1) and Switzerland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index School Effectiveness and School Improvement?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, School Effectiveness and School Improvement is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO, ERIC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is School Effectiveness and School Improvement open access, and what is the APC?
School Effectiveness and School Improvement 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .