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Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Anadolu Universitesi · Turkey · Est. 1999

ISSN1302-6488eISSN1302-6488

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total57

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Removed from DOAJ (2021-09-10). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.411

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.756

Total Worksi

940

Total Citationsi

11,707

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The aim of Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TOJDE) is to contribute to distance education literature with scholarly and academic perspectives and research in the field of distance education or related fields. It aims to inform research, policy and practice of distance education with rigorous research, conceptual and theoretical papers. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TOJDE) is a peer-reviewed quarterly e-journal. International in scope, this scholarly e-journal publishes refereed articles focusing on the issues and challenges of providing theory, research, and information services regarding all forms and methods of distance education, open learning applications or related approaches. TOJDE particularly strives to meet the continuing education needs of practitioners, educators and policy makers by providing a forum for the discussion of extended learning strategies, policies and practices, and trends in information technologies as they all impact the field of distance education or related fields. Articles may be theoretical, philosophical and/or empirical analyses of distance education/open learning and teaching issues, and may take the form of case studies, research studies or general interest reports. Book reviews, literature reviews are welcome.

General Information

Country / RegionTurkey

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications940

Publisher OrgAnadolu University

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA 2.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Anadolu Universitesi

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1302-6488 / 1302-6488

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

✅

Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.3k

2019

1.9k

2020

1.1k

2021

545

2022

372

2023

198

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Online and Blended LearningOnline Learning and AnalyticsTechnology-Enhanced Education StudiesInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsImpact of Technology on AdolescentsMobile Learning in EducationInnovative Teaching MethodsEducation and Technology IntegrationEducation Practices and ChallengesE-Learning and Knowledge Management

Frequently asked questions about Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Is Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education a predatory journal?

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2021-09-10). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education?

Turkish Online 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 1.43.

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

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