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CURRICULUM MATTERS

NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH · NZ · Est. 2005

ISSN1177-1828

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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Aims & Scope

An avenue for discussion, commentary and information about curriculum. The main audience groups for these articles are teachers, teacher educators, graduate students of education and curriculum theorists.

General Information

Country / RegionNZ

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyAnnually

StatusActive

Total Publications—

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1177-1828

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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

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Citations received

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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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Education Systems and PolicyEducator Training and Historical PedagogyTeacher Education and Leadership StudiesEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentGlobal Education and MulticulturalismLiteracy, Media, and EducationEducation and Technology IntegrationEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentDigital Storytelling and EducationMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

Frequently asked questions about CURRICULUM MATTERS

Is CURRICULUM MATTERS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for CURRICULUM MATTERS: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 CURRICULUM MATTERS?

CURRICULUM MATTERS 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 CURRICULUM MATTERS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

CURRICULUM MATTERS is indexed in Web of Science.