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HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY

WILEY · US

ISSN0951-5224eISSN1468-2273

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.885

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.46

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 97 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

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?

WILEY

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0951-5224 / 1468-2273

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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

1.2k

2019

637

2020

1.4k

2021

540

2022

697

2023

104

600

2024

108

273

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.

EducationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentHigher Education Research StudiesHigher Education Learning PracticesHigher Education and EmployabilityEvaluation of Teaching PracticesEducation Systems and PolicyHuman auditory perception and evaluationGlobal Educational Policies and ReformsHigher Education Practises and EngagementGlobal Education and Multiculturalism

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 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 HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY?

HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY 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.

Is HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY?