Journal profile · EDUCATION, SPECIAL
Support for Learning
ISSN 0268-2141 · eISSN 1467-9604 · Wiley-Blackwell
Support for Learning: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,300; median 94 days to acceptance (72 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 27% (journal website); 45 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Support for Learning is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion, Family and Disability Support Research and Educational and Psychological Assessments, together about 31.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal is widely read in the UK and overseas and is a source of authoritative commentary on the current state of SEND (special educational needs and disability) policy and practice. It aims to capture the characteristics and the wide range of opportunities, challenges and prospects for these learners, across all sectors of education. Support for Learning seeks to act as medium via which fruitful dialogue between academics and practitioners, reflected in articles which capture the ‘close-to practice’ features of policy and practice in SEND. Our aim is to share information that is useful and purposeful to those supporting children and young people with SEND. We therefore prioritise articles that have the potential to positively impact upon practice. Theoretical or empirical research into strategies to eliminate underachievement, enhance inclusivity and promote best practice are especially welcome. Both qualitative and quantitative studies are encouraged, with an emphasis on small-scale, practice focused studies which draw on the lived experience of the key stakeholders in SEND provision in mainstream and specialist settings. From time-to-time, Support for Learning highlights a topical theme as a focus for a themed issue. If you would like to propose such a theme, and perhaps lead as guest editor for the issue, please contact the editors. The journal is particularly concerned with: The relationship between theory, research and SEND practice; Curriculum development and delivery for students with SEND; Effective use of learning environments and resources to support SEND learners; Current educational issues in the field of SEND and Alternative Provision; Reflective commentaries/personal accounts of topical or contested thematic aspect of SEND and AP. We particularly welcome submissions from practising teachers, teaching assistants and others working directly with those with special educational needs in schools and settings. We encourage submissions both from the counties comprising the United Kingdom and internationally, from diverse global locations.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION, SPECIAL
Editor-in-chief Philip GarnerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 14, Ireland 2, Australia 1, Türkiye 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Collaborative Teaching and InclusionSocial Sciences11.9%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology10.7%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology9.3%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences7.6%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences7.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
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, Special | 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, Special | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC
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 (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 372OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36.36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 35Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 148,565Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,913 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 18 | 1 |
| 2025 | 45 | 25 | 36 |
| 2024 | 54 | 34 | 62 |
| 2023 | 33 | 18 | 103 |
| 2022 | 50 | 23 | 189 |
| 2021 | 59 | 14 | 239 |
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
94 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 59 days – 181 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (72 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 115 days
- Sample
- 72 articles with submission and acceptance dates (113 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)
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 98 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 3,300 / EUR 2,760 / GBP 2,220 | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted5
- book reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- editorialArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- opinionArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- original articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- short reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, 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
Free format submission offered. 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 ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Disclosure
You will be expected to declare all conflicts of interest, or none, on submission. Potential conflicts of interest, financially or non-financially, directly or indirectly related to the work, are relevant in all fields of study.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing encouraged; data availability statement required. Model summary
This journal encourages 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
CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons licenses. Model summary
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Subscription journal with Open Access option subject to APC unless a waiver applies. Model summary
This journal is a subscription journal that offers an Open Access option. You’ll 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
Single-anonymised peer review; at least two anonymous reviewers and an Editor; papers sent to review only if the Editor-in-Chief determines they meet quality and relevance requirements. Model summary
New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange 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. Technical queries about submission and manuscript status may also be sent to the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint-friendly: considers preprint articles and allows posting submitted versions to preprint servers. Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. The journal will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time.
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
- 0268-2141
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-9604
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 4 (November 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Support for Learning
What CAS zone is Support for Learning in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Support for Learning is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education, Special. 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.
What is the impact factor of Support for Learning?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Support for Learning?
Based on the dates recorded on 72 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 94 days (interquartile range 59–181 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 27% (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 Support for Learning?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 Support for Learning based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (14), Ireland (2) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Support for Learning?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Support for Learning is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Support for Learning open access, and what is the APC?
Support for Learning is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,300.
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: .