Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
SPUR-Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research
ISSN 2476-101X
SPUR-Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SPUR-Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research 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 Career Development and Diversity, Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions and Evaluation of Teaching Practices, together about 30% 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
- Career Development and DiversitySocial Sciences12.2%
- Doctoral Education Challenges and SolutionsHealth Professions10.3%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences7.4%
- Interdisciplinary Research and CollaborationDecision Sciences5.8%
- Biomedical and Engineering EducationEngineering5.6%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences5.6%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences5.3%
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
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
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 42.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.31%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 272 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 1 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 11 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 20 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 54 |
| 2022 | 31 | 24 | 21 |
| 2021 | 62 | 38 | 117 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- ISSN
- 2476-101X
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SPUR-Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research
What CAS zone is SPUR-Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SPUR-Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research 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 4 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index SPUR-Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SPUR-Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research is indexed in ESCI.
Is SPUR-Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research open access, and what is the APC?
SPUR-Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .