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Ethics and Education

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1744-9642eISSN1744-9650

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total78

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

160

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 163d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.238

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.835

Total Worksi

590

Total Citationsi

5,498

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Ethics and Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal that aims to stimulate discussion and debate around the ethical dimensions of education. It provides a space primarily for work that advances theoretical discussion using a wide range of methodological approaches and conceptual frameworks.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications590

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-9642 / 1744-9650

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

432

2019

312

2020

198

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

PhilosophyQ2

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismGlobal Educational Policies and ReformsReligious Education and SchoolsEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentPolitical Philosophy and EthicsEthics in medical practiceGlobal Education and MulticulturalismCritical and Liberation PedagogyEducator Training and Historical PedagogyEducational Philosophies and Pedagogies

Frequently asked questions about Ethics and Education

Is Ethics and Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ethics and Education: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Ethics and Education?

Ethics and 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 0.87.

Is Ethics and Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ethics and Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.