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Journal of Baltic Science Education

Scientific Methodical Center · Lithuania · Est. 2002

ISSN1648-3898eISSN1648-3898

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2019-01-28). 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 (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.432

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.779

Total Worksi

1,235

Total Citationsi

13,215

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionLithuania

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 83 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,235

Publisher OrgScientia Socialis Ltd

OA Since2017

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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?

Scientific Methodical Center

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1648-3898 / 1648-3898

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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

1.5k

2019

1.3k

2020

808

2021

526

2022

467

2023

337

2024

117

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Science Education and PedagogyEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentInnovative Teaching MethodsEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsAnimal and Plant Science EducationEducational Assessment and PedagogyEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesScience Education and Perceptions

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Baltic Science Education

Is Journal of Baltic Science Education a predatory journal?

Journal of Baltic Science Education was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2019-01-28). 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 Baltic Science Education?

Journal of Baltic Science 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 1.71.

Is Journal of Baltic Science Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Baltic Science Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Baltic Science Education?