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Pastoral Care in Education

Routledge · United States · Est. 1983

ISSN1468-0122

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total78

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

180

days submission → published

measured · last 17 articles · accept 164d

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.512

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.762

Total Worksi

1,731

Total Citationsi

10,313

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Pastoral Care in Education is an international journal publishing research on personal, social and emotional development across the curriculum. It considers the challenges pastoral care in education faces to ensure it makes a positive contribution to the learning experience of children and young people. The journal also explores how transactional analysis is enhancing pastoral care in mainstream and special education contexts.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

Annual Volume~ 49 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,731

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

1468-0122

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

275

2019

493

2020

244

2021

243

2022

106

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

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religious Education and SchoolsEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentReligion, Society, and DevelopmentTheological Perspectives and PracticesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentDiverse Education Studies and ReformsFamily and Disability Support ResearchEducational and Psychological AssessmentsBullying, Victimization, and AggressionParental Involvement in Education

Frequently asked questions about Pastoral Care in Education

Is Pastoral Care in Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pastoral Care in Education: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Pastoral Care in Education?

Pastoral Care in 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 0.70.

Is Pastoral Care in Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pastoral Care in Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.