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Journal of General Education

Penn State University Press · United States

ISSN0021-3667

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.138

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

955

Total Citationsi

11,110

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive

Total Publications955

Publisher OrgPenn State University Press

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Penn State University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0021-3667

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

270

2014

314

2015

156

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Evaluation of Teaching PracticesEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentHigher Education Research StudiesOnline and Blended LearningService-Learning and Community EngagementReflective Practices in EducationHigher Education Governance and DevelopmentInnovative Teaching MethodsDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy

Frequently asked questions about Journal of General Education

Is Journal of General Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of General Education: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of General Education?

Journal of General Education is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.138.

Is Journal of General Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of General Education is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of General Education?