Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Teachers and Teaching
ISSN 1354-0602 · eISSN 1470-1278 · Taylor & Francis
Teachers and Teaching: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.72; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 371 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 7% (journal website); 97 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Teachers and Teaching 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, Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, together about 41.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice provides an international focal point for the publication of research about teachers, teacher education and teaching in schools, colleges and universities. It offers a means of communication and dissemination of completed research and research in progress, whilst also providing a forum for debate between researchers. This unique journal draws together robust qualitative and quantitative research from different countries and cultures which focus on the individual, social, policy and historical contexts of teaching as work. It includes theoretical reflections on the connections between theory, practice and policy in teachers’ and teacher educators’ work and related research of professional interest such as: teachers’ and teacher educators’ beliefs, thoughts, conceptions, practical theories teachers’ biographies, life histories, ‘voice’, personal practical knowledge teachers’ intentions, thoughts processes and cognitions teachers’ understanding of subject matter teachers’ professionalism and professional identities as a part of professional action teachers’ values, motivations, commitment and resilience as influenced by contextual factors in their structural, cultural and social environments teacher evaluation and professional development student/teacher learning mentoring and mentored learning in school and university settings 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.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Martin MillsPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences27%
- Collaborative Teaching and InclusionSocial Sciences7.7%
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences6.7%
- Innovative Education and Learning PracticesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences5.1%
- Reflective Practices in EducationSocial Sciences5.1%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.4%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial 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 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)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · 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
Web of SciencePsycINFOERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, Academic Search Complete, Article First, Australian Education Index, British Education Index, Current Abstracts, Education Research Complete, Education Research Index, Education Source, Educational Administration Abstracts, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), FRANCIS, Professional Development Collection, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
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
- 2.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.19Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 115OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 911OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 92LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 498,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,652 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 116 | 66 | 23 |
| 2025 | 97 | 56 | 216 |
| 2024 | 80 | 40 | 495 |
| 2023 | 86 | 40 | 934 |
| 2022 | 88 | 29 | 1,064 |
| 2021 | 52 | 24 | 955 |
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
371 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 249 days – 527 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (105 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 397 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (237 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)
- 7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 48 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 146 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 19 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
Teachers and Teaching 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 discoverability and r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles undergo 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
- 1354-0602
- Electronic ISSN
- 1470-1278
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 7 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Teachers and Teaching
What CAS zone is Teachers and Teaching in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Teachers and Teaching 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 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Teachers and Teaching?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.72; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 115.
How long does peer review take at Teachers and Teaching?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 371 days (interquartile range 249–527 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 7%. 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 Teachers and Teaching in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (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.
Which databases index Teachers and Teaching?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Teachers and Teaching is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PsycINFO, ERIC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Teachers and Teaching open access, and what is the APC?
Teachers and Teaching 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: .