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Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 2002

ISSN1570-2081eISSN1573-1723
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.567
H-Indexi
41
SNIPi
1.058
Total Worksi
485
Total Citationsi
7,343
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.71
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Presents research that has generated a substantive result of importance for educational policy and practice; analyses of global forces, regional trends and national educational reforms; studies of key issues in teaching, learning and development - such as the challenges to be faced in learning to live together in what is the largest and most diverse region of the world. With a broad coverage of education in all sectors and levels of education, the journal seeks to promote the contribution of educational research, both quantitative and qualitative, to system-wide reforms and policy making.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2002
FrequencyThree No A Year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications485
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Netherlands
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1570-2081 / 1573-1723
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
12
228
2019
29
486
2020
23
237
2021
19
342
2022
36
286
2023
27
45
2024
17
11
2025
16
3
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
Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesGlobal Educational Reforms and InequalitiesGlobal Educational Policies and ReformsSchool Choice and PerformanceEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentParental Involvement in EducationEducation Systems and PolicyGlobal Education and MulticulturalismEducational Assessment and ImprovementHigher Education Governance and Development

Frequently asked questions about Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Is Educational Research for Policy and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Educational Research for Policy and Practice: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Educational Research for Policy and Practice?

Educational Research for Policy and Practice 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 0.71.

Is Educational Research for Policy and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Educational Research for Policy and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Educational Research for Policy and Practice?

Presents research that has generated a substantive result of importance for educational policy and practice; analyses of global forces, regional trends and national educational reforms; studies of key issues in teaching, learning and development - such as the challenges to be faced in learning to live together in what is the largest and most diverse region of the world. With a broad coverage of education in all sectors and levels of education, the journal seeks to promote the contribution of educational research, both quantitative and qualitative, to system-wide reforms and policy making.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref