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Higher Education Quarterly

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd Β· United Kingdom

ISSN0263-9769
SJR Q1βœ“ 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.
πŸ“Š Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR Β· Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.862
H-Indexi
53
SNIPi
1.46
Retractions
1
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Higher Education Quarterly is an international educational research journal publishing articles on policy, organization, leadership, governance, management, the professions, strategic management, and ideas in higher education. It aims to develop understanding of higher education and its current challenges from a diversity of approaches and in an international context.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary Languageβ€”
1st Year Publishedβ€”
StatusActive
Total Publicationsβ€”

Submission Info

Peer Reviewβ€”
OA Licenseβ€”
OA Rateβ€”

Ethics & Quality

COPE Memberβœ— No
OASPA Memberβœ— No
Not on Predatory Listsβœ“ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

4/11 Β· 36%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Does the journal have a website?
No URL
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Is the ISSN verified?
0263-9769
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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?
βœ“ 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 β€” whether APC fees are clearly disclosed β€” 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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

EducationQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Education

Frequently asked questions about Higher Education Quarterly

Is Higher Education Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Higher Education Quarterly: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee β€” always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Higher Education Quarterly?

Higher Education Quarterly is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.862.

Is Higher Education Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Higher Education Quarterly is indexed in Scopus.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 Β· Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref