Teaching and Teacher Education

Teaching and Teacher Education is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 1 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). 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 38.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Teaching and Teacher Education is an international journal dedicated to advancing knowledge on teaching as a professional practice, teacher education, and teachers’ development across all educational stages—from early childhood to higher education. The journal emphasises situating this research within a global perspective and addressing issues of international significance. It prioritises studies that inform and advance teachers’ and teacher educators’ knowledge, practice, and growth, including areas such as identity, well-being, motivation, and professional learning. The teacher and the act of teaching are central to the journal's focus.The journal embraces a multidisciplinary approach, welcoming diverse methodologies, disciplines, and paradigms. It accepts qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method studies and high-quality review studies that thoroughly evaluate and synthesise existing research to address specific empirical and/or theoretical questions.Submissions to the journal are expected to be firmly grounded in the current international teaching and teacher education research literature, offering substantial new empirical findings and/or theoretical insights. To be considered for publication, submissions must exhibit significant originality and make substantive contributions to advancing theory, research, or practice in the international teaching and teacher education field.Authors whose manuscripts have a more limited scope or address issues pertinent to a specific disciplinary, national, or regional audience are encouraged to submit their work to journals specialising in these areas. Prospective authors are also reminded of the following essential considerations:Manuscripts must be thoroughly proofread and adhere to academic and ethical standards.Research should incorporate an international perspective and/or address globally relevant issues.Submissions must demonstrate substantial originality, engage deeply with recent international teaching and teacher education research literature, and have a robust theoretical grounding.Manuscripts that do not meet these criteria or the journal’s rigorous standards for impact and quality will not be forwarded for review.The following types of manuscripts will not be considered:Book reviewsEssays or conceptual papers that lack empirical evidenceFrameworks or models that are not supported by empirical data and critical analysisValidation studies that are limited to basic instrument testing without broader analytical or theoretical contributionReplication studies that do not clearly demonstrate originality or extend existing knowledgeReports, descriptions, or evaluations of policy or practice that lack critical and theoretical analysisLocal case studies that are not contextualised or do not offer broader international relevanceLarge-scale surveys that are not grounded in critical and theoretical analysisBibliometric or content analysesUnsolicited proposals for guest editorships or special issues will also not be accepted.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Editor-in-chief Kathleen Pithouse-MorganPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 7 in mainland China (about 10%); most named United States 16, Australia 9, Mainland China 7, Hong Kong, China 7, Belgium 6 (73 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

4.24LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

4.3Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

8.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

8.5Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.78LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

2.46LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

249OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

3,915OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

5.29OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

9.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

46.61%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

325LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Figures by source

Submission to first decision

6 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

74 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

213 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

9 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Elsevier

ISSN

0742-051X

Electronic ISSN

1879-2480

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website