Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Science Education
ISSN 0036-8326 · eISSN 1098-237X · Wiley-Blackwell
Science Education: CAS Zone 2 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.04; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,050; median 253 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 120 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Science Education is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Science Education and Pedagogy, Diverse Educational Innovations Studies and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies, together about 42.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Science Education publishes original articles focused on current and emerging challenges of international concern in science curriculum, teaching, learning, and policy; preparation and support of science teachers; and climate change and environmental education research. Science Education aims to advance our knowledge of science education theory and practice While we greatly value interdisciplinary perspectives and recognize the importance of STEM education as a growing and impactful area of scholarship, Science Education focuses specifically on research that advances understanding within science education. As such, we typically do not publish manuscripts that engage STEM education only as a broad interdisciplinary construct without a clear anchoring in science education research and theory. We encourage you to consider journals with a broader STEM or interdisciplinary education focus that may be a better fit for this valuable work. The journal features the following focused sections: Critical Perspectives in Science Education: composed of empirical research, conceptual arguments, or reviews that focus on science learning, pedagogies, curricula, or initiatives that explicitly question or challenge the dominant goals and aims of the field. This may include macro- (e.g., policy) or ground-level (e.g., classrooms, out-of-school, community settings) considerations of: sociopolitical contexts of science oppression, anti-oppressive directions, and/or alternative possibilities as they pertain to science education. Section Editors: Daniel Morales-Doyle (University of Illinois–Chicago, USA) and Sara Tolbert (Monash University, Australia; University of Canterbury, New Zealand) Science Teaching and Learning in Primary and Secondary Classrooms: consisting of theoretical and empirical studies on learning of science at the primary and secondary levels. We invite manuscripts that investigate the processes of learning from diverse perspectives, including cognitive, situated, sociocultural, and critical. Studies examining the relationship of learning to teaching, to the science knowledge and practices, to the learners themselves, and to contexts (social, political, physical, ideological, institutional, epistemological, and cultural) of learning are similarly welcome. Section Editors: Ying-Chih Chen (Arizona State University, USA), and Marti Canipe (Northern Arizona University, USA), Phil Seok Oh (Gyeongin National University of Education, South Korea) Science Learning in Ev
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Ron GrayPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 47, Germany 4, Mainland China 2, South Korea 2, Italy 2 (71 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences18%
- Diverse Educational Innovations StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.4%
- Educational Strategies and EpistemologiesPsychology7.8%
- Animal and Plant Science EducationPsychology6.9%
- Pasture and Agricultural SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.9%
- Socioeconomics of Resources and ConservationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- History of Science and Natural HistoryArts and Humanities4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECPsycINFOERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 3.04LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 214OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,140OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 54.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 99LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 106Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 455,702Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 12,605 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 79 | 41 | 16 |
| 2025 | 120 | 82 | 341 |
| 2024 | 87 | 69 | 652 |
| 2023 | 72 | 50 | 899 |
| 2022 | 101 | 32 | 1,339 |
| 2021 | 99 | 27 | 1,798 |
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
253 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 166 days – 374 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 276 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (194 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)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 235 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,050 / EUR 3,350 / GBP 2,700 | — | — | |
| 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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted8
- book reviewThe main document for Research Articles and Policy Papers should be fewer than 50 double-spaced pages, not including references. Article Type Description Page l…Length not stated
- commentaryThe main document for Research Articles and Policy Papers should be fewer than 50 double-spaced pages, not including references. Article Type Description Page l…Length not stated
- literature reviewThe main document for Research Articles and Policy Papers should be fewer than 50 double-spaced pages, not including references. Article Type Description Page l…Length not stated
- opinionThe main document for Research Articles and Policy Papers should be fewer than 50 double-spaced pages, not including references. Article Type Description Page l…Length not stated
- perspectiveThe main document for Research Articles and Policy Papers should be fewer than 50 double-spaced pages, not including references. Article Type Description Page l…Length not stated
- policy paperPolicy Paper Public statement of what a representative group of experts agree to be evidence-based and state-of-the-art knowledge on an aspect of practice/polic…Length not stated
- research articleThe main document for Research Articles and Policy Papers should be fewer than 50 double-spaced pages, not including references. Article Type Description Page l…Length not stated
- reviewThe main document for Research Articles and Policy Papers should be fewer than 50 double-spaced pages, not including references. Article Type Description Page l…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools — such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) — cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
ORCID requirement Model summary
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing policy Model summary
Science Education expects data sharing. Review Wiley's Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, all sources must be credited within the manuscript. At minimum, the title and author should be provided. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and other media" from the publisher of the original source, and for supplying Wiley with that permission upon requ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal is a subscription journal that offers an Open Access option. You will have the option to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC unless a waiver applies. Read more about APCs here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Double-anonymous peer review policy Model summary
New submissions should be made via the Wiley Authors submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the "My Submissions" button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com. Authors may also contact the Wiley Editorial Assistant on SCEeditorial@wiley.com for …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. Science Education will consider submissions that have previously been made available online, either on a preprint server like arXiv, bioRxiv, or PeerJ PrePrints, or on the authors' own website. However, any such submissions must not have been published in a scientific journal, book o…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0036-8326
- Electronic ISSN
- 1098-237X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 110, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Science Education
What CAS zone is Science Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Science Education is in Zone 2 of Education, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Science Education?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.04; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 214.
How long does peer review take at Science Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 253 days (interquartile range 166–374 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Science Education?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 7; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Science Education based?
Of the 71 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (47), Germany (4) and Mainland China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Science Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Science Education is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC, PsycINFO, ERIC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Science Education open access, and what is the APC?
Science Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,050.
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: .