Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft
ISSN 1434-663X · eISSN 1862-5215 · Springer Nature · 6 issues per year
Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.31; subscription journal; APC about USD 3,590; median 302 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); 73 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft is published by Springer Nature 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 Sociology and Education Studies, Education Methods and Technologies and Linguistic Education and Pedagogy, together about 43.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (ZfE) (“Journal of Educational Research”) is an established academic journal for the entire field of education. With its first issue published in 1998, ZfE was the first German education journal to consistently apply the double-blind peer review process to ensure the highest scientific standards of its publications. Since then, the journal has become well-established in the academic community and enjoys a high reputation. ZfE publishes peer-reviewed first-class original research on current scientific developments and presents interdisciplinary research results to those interested in professional education. With the selection of editors, the advisory board and especially with the choice of topics, the journal embodies the interdisciplinary character of comprehensive educational research, the subject of which is the entire human life course. The editorial board has been assembled in such a way as to ensure a high degree of plurality with regard to theories and methodologies, the disciplines represented, neighbouring disciplines and to safeguard international developments. The targeted inclusion of international English-language contributions enables drawing connections to research developments outside of Germany. ZfE is thus a trusted periodical that presents the international and interdisciplinary developments in broad areas of educational research that are important for education and training in a reliable, objective and comprehensible manner.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Johannes DrerupPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Germany 47, Switzerland 2, Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1, Japan 1 (57 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sociology and Education StudiesSocial Sciences24.3%
- Education Methods and TechnologiesSocial Sciences13.5%
- Linguistic Education and PedagogyArts and Humanities5.3%
- Educational Assessment and ImprovementDecision Sciences4.8%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.2%
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences3.7%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences3%
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality StudiesSocial Sciences3%
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)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 1.31LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 638OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.1%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 69LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 888,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,926 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 61 | 8 |
| 2025 | 73 | 70 | 104 |
| 2024 | 76 | 73 | 278 |
| 2023 | 81 | 78 | 463 |
| 2022 | 69 | 68 | 418 |
| 2021 | 77 | 73 | 1,247 |
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
302 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 235 days – 415 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 97 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 408 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (151 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
- Submission to first decision
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,590 / EUR 2,990 / GBP 2,590 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted5
- book reviewSchwerpunkt (“Topical Focus”): double-blind peer-reviewed Original Papers commissioned by the editors on a topical focus. Separate manuscript guidelines are ava…Length not stated
- editorialSchwerpunkt (“Topical Focus”): double-blind peer-reviewed Original Papers commissioned by the editors on a topical focus. Separate manuscript guidelines are ava…Length not stated
- original paperSchwerpunkt (“Topical Focus”): double-blind peer-reviewed Original Papers commissioned by the editors on a topical focus. Separate manuscript guidelines are ava…Length not stated
- reviewSchwerpunkt (“Topical Focus”): double-blind peer-reviewed Original Papers commissioned by the editors on a topical focus. Separate manuscript guidelines are ava…Length not stated
- review articleSchwerpunkt (“Topical Focus”): double-blind peer-reviewed Original Papers commissioned by the editors on a topical focus. Separate manuscript guidelines are ava…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interests
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Double-blind peer review
This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout peer review. It is the responsibility of the author to anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials. Author names, affiliations and any other potentially identifying information should be removed from the manuscript text and any accompanying files (such as …
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- ISSN
- 1434-663X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1862-5215
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft
What CAS zone is Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft 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.
What is the impact factor of Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.31; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 61.
How long does peer review take at Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 302 days (interquartile range 235–415 days). 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 Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft based?
Of the 57 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (47), Switzerland (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft open access, and what is the APC?
Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,590.
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: .