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Journal of Information Technology Education: Research

Informing Science Institute · United States · Est. 1990

ISSN1539-3585

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2016-09-12). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.084

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.235

Total Worksi

631

Total Citationsi

21,071

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.99

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Computer Science (miscellaneous); Education; E-learning.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications631

Publisher OrgInforming Science Institute

OA Since2016

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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?

Informing Science Institute

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1539-3585

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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

1.1k

2019

1.7k

2020

450

2021

438

2022

197

2023

381

2024

188

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 (miscellaneous)Q1

EducationQ1

E-learningQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

E-learningComputer Science (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Online and Blended LearningOnline Learning and AnalyticsInformation Systems Education and Curriculum DevelopmentInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsTechnology-Enhanced Education StudiesTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourTeaching and Learning ProgrammingGender and Technology in EducationOpen Education and E-LearningImpact of Technology on Adolescents

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Information Technology Education: Research

Is Journal of Information Technology Education: Research a predatory journal?

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2016-09-12). 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 Journal of Information Technology Education: Research?

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research 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 3.99.

Is Journal of Information Technology Education: Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Information Technology Education: Research?