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International Review of Education

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1955

ISSN1573-0638

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.545

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.152

Total Worksi

3,963

Total Citationsi

41,639

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

International Review of Education is a scholarly platform dedicated to policy-relevant and theoretically-informed research in lifelong and life-wide learning in international and comparative contexts. Provides insight into adult education, non-formal education, adult literacy, open and distance learning, and vocational education. Explores lifelong learning policies and various applications of the lifelong learning paradigm.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1955

Annual Volume~ 68 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,963

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-0638

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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?

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

2.4k

2019

2020

982

2021

722

2022

1.4k

2023

197

2024

137

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

E-learningQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

E-learningEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Educational Policies and ReformsEducation Systems and PolicyGlobal Education and MulticulturalismHigher Education Learning PracticesGlobal Educational Reforms and InequalitiesPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareHuman auditory perception and evaluationSociology and Education StudiesEducation, sociology, and vocational trainingEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about International Review of Education

Is International Review of Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Review of Education: 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 International Review of Education?

International Review of 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 1.39.

Is International Review of Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Review of Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.