Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Student Success
ISSN 2205-0795 · Queensland University of Technology · Australia
Student Success: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Student Success is published by Queensland University of Technology 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 Higher Education Practises and Engagement, Higher Education Research Studies and Evaluation of Teaching Practices, together about 36.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Student Success: A journal exploring the experiences of students in tertiary education The Student Success Journal is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed, scholarly publication exploring the experiences of students in tertiary education. The Journal provides the opportunity to disseminate current research and innovative good practice about students’ tertiary learning experiences, which are supported by evidence. Researchers, tertiary and university teachers and educators and professional staff who are advancing student learning, success and retention are encouraged to submit. Student Success publishes three issues per year with one issue linked to the International STARS Conference and there are no APCs (article processing charges). The Journal themes align with the STARS ethos (Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention and Success): Students – Who are they? What are their needs? What works for different cohorts? Strategies for broader social inclusion and increasing participation in tertiary education; participation of first nation peoples Transitions – Pathways to tertiary education, transitions into (the first year experience), during (work integrated learning) and from tertiary education, including graduate employability and capstone experiences Achievement – Strategies promoting student achievement including curricular and co-curricular reform, employability, gamification and simulation enhanced learning Retention – Program, discipline, whole of institution, inter-institutional and sector collaborations designed to improve student retention, threshold skills and concepts Success – Student engagement, technology enhanced learning, understanding students expectations and realities, psychological wellbeing, application of learning analytics Student Success publishes three issues per year with one issue linked to the STARS Conference. Authors can submit and publish at no cost. There are no APCs (Article Processing Charges) Journal History The Journal was first published in July 2010 on a bi-annual basis with one issue linked to the annual International (formally Pacific Rim) First Year in Higher Education Conference. From 2010-2015 the Journal’s title was the International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education and was primarily aimed at academic and professional staff involved in first year and transition programs as well as senior managers with responsibility for first year policies and strategies. 2015 saw the launch of a new intern
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Karen NelsonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 46, United Kingdom 6, United States 2, New Zealand 2, Malaysia 1 (57 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences16%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences13.2%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences7.5%
- Reflective Practices in EducationSocial Sciences7.4%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences6.4%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences6.3%
- Higher Education and EmployabilitySocial Sciences5.5%
- Higher Education Learning PracticesSocial Sciences4.6%
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 144OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 563 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 43 | 0 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 23 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 65 |
| 2023 | 81 | 81 | 217 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 202 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 318 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3
- articlesArticles Unlocking Potential: The Value of Extended Induction Programs for Underrepresented Students in Higher EducationLength not stated
- editorialEditorial Editorial Volume 17 Issue 3 2026Length not stated
- practice reportsPractice Reports Speaking Feedback into Being: A Multimodal, Strengths-Based Feedback Practice for Equity in Higher Education. A Practice ReportLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Peer review
- AI use Enhancing Student Success through AI-Assisted Reflective Learning in Entrepreneurship Education: An Empirical Study
Kim Loc Tran, Luan Trong Nguyen, Khanh Minh Pham 120-130 PDF
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:1. Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). This Licence allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.2. Autho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Student Success considers multiple types of submissions in the journal: Articles (peer-reviewed scholarly papers); Practice Reports (practice-based innovations) and; Features (which may include interviews or invited papers with key scholars and practitioners).
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
- Queensland University of Technology
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2205-0795
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Student Success
What CAS zone is Student Success in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Student Success 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.
How long does peer review take at Student Success?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. 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 Student Success?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; Cover letter: Required. 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 Student Success based?
Of the 57 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (46), United Kingdom (6) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Student Success?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Student Success is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Student Success open access, and what is the APC?
Student Success is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .