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Studies in Higher Education

Routledge · United Kingdom

ISSN0307-5079eISSN1470-174X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.99

H-Indexi

187

SNIPi

2.818

Total Worksi

3,635

Total Citationsi

189,663

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTen Issues A Year, 2013-

StatusActive

Total Publications3,635

Publisher OrgRoutledge

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0307-5079 / 1470-174X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

English

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

252

12k

2019

171

7.4k

2020

2.5k

2021

2.2k

2022

221

3.5k

2023

202

3.1k

2024

197

719

2025

138

2026

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.

EducationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentEvaluation of Teaching PracticesHigher Education and EmployabilityHigher Education Practises and EngagementHigher Education Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Studies in Higher Education

Is Studies in Higher Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Studies in Higher Education: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Studies in Higher Education?

Studies in Higher Education is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.20.

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

Studies in Higher Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Studies in Higher Education?