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Electronic Journal of e-Learning

Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN1479-4403eISSN1479-4403

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2021-12-02). 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 ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.006

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.431

Total Worksi

503

Total Citationsi

10,582

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Computer Science Applications; Education; E-learning.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications503

Publisher OrgAcademic Conferences and Publishing International

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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?

Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1479-4403 / 1479-4403

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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

476

2019

961

2020

1.5k

2021

1.4k

2022

1.2k

2023

887

2024

196

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

EducationQ1

E-learningQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

E-learningComputer Science ApplicationsEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Online and Blended LearningOnline Learning and AnalyticsInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsTechnology-Enhanced Education StudiesEducational Games and GamificationOpen Education and E-LearningMobile Learning in EducationTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourE-Learning and COVID-19E-Learning and Knowledge Management

Frequently asked questions about Electronic Journal of e-Learning

Is Electronic Journal of e-Learning a predatory journal?

Electronic Journal of e-Learning was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2021-12-02). 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 Electronic Journal of e-Learning?

Electronic Journal of e-Learning 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 5.67.

Is Electronic Journal of e-Learning indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Electronic Journal of e-Learning is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Electronic Journal of e-Learning?