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Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education

Routledge · United States · Est. 1997

ISSN1360-3108

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.415

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.606

Total Worksi

951

Total Citationsi

6,230

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications951

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

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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?

1360-3108

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

224

2019

145

2020

141

2021

218

2022

131

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

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentHigher Education Learning PracticesHigher Education and EmployabilityHigher Education Research StudiesHigher Education Practises and EngagementInternational Student and Expatriate ChallengesEvaluation of Teaching PracticesManagement and Organizational StudiesEvaluation and Performance AssessmentHuman Resource and Talent Management

Frequently asked questions about Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education

Is Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education: it is indexed in 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 Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education?

Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.415.

Is Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education?