Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Transnational Curriculum Inquiry
ISSN 1449-8855 · International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies · Canada
Transnational Curriculum Inquiry: fully open access; no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2021 (Volume 18, Issue 2): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transnational Curriculum Inquiry is published by International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Education Pedagogy and Practices and Global Education and Multiculturalism, together about 39.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
TCI (Transnational Curriculum Inquiry) is the journal of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS), which is constituted to support a worldwide, but not uniform, field of curriculum studies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Educational Theory and Curriculum StudiesSocial Sciences21.2%
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences9.1%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences9.1%
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences6.1%
- Education and experiences of immigrants and refugeesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Education during COVID-19 pandemicSocial Sciences6.1%
- Migration and Exile StudiesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
Early warning / risk: Removed from ESCI for production reasons on 15 December 2025. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
DOAJPublisher website
Other: EBSCOhost
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
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted2
- articlesArticles Peer-ReviewedLength not stated
- special issue articlesSpecial Issue ArticlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Authors retain copyright; first publication rights granted to TCI; open access with attribution for non-commercial use. Model summary
Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to TCI. By virtue of their appearance in this open access journal, articles are free to be used, with proper attribution, in educational and other non-commercial settings.
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
- International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1449-8855
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 2 (2021)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transnational Curriculum Inquiry
How long does peer review take at Transnational Curriculum Inquiry?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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.
Which databases index Transnational Curriculum Inquiry?
The journal's website lists DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Transnational Curriculum Inquiry open access, and what is the APC?
Transnational Curriculum Inquiry is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .