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American Journal of Distance Education

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United States

ISSN0892-3647eISSN1538-9286

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.425

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.039

Total Worksi

1,282

Total Citationsi

44,485

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The American Journal of Distance Education publishes majorly in the area(s) of distance education and higher education. Its primary objective is to enhance the understanding and effectiveness of distance education, facilitating the exchange of knowledge and innovative practices among experts working on the pedagogical, technological, and administrative aspects of distance learning.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,282

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0892-3647 / 1538-9286

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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

2.1k

2019

957

2020

335

2021

238

2022

135

2023

2024

2025

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.

EducationQ2

Computer Science ApplicationsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Online and Blended LearningInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsHuman auditory perception and evaluationOnline Learning and AnalyticsEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Distance Education

Is American Journal of Distance Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Journal of Distance 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 American Journal of Distance Education?

American Journal of Distance 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 0.95.

Is American Journal of Distance Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Journal of Distance Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.