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Irish Educational Studies

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1981

ISSN1747-4965

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.696

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.23

Total Worksi

1,522

Total Citationsi

11,266

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Irish Educational Studies publishes multidisciplinary educational research on theory and practice from early childhood, primary and post-primary schooling through to higher education. The journal welcomes papers that draw on a range of research methodologies, with articles that have a critical edge, making links between the local and global and influences on practice across all sectors of education. It aims to expand the discussion of research in Pedagogy, Irish, Mathematics education, Curriculum and Teacher education.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 68 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,522

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1747-4965

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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

506

2019

461

2020

1.4k

2021

764

2022

608

2023

132

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.

EducationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Education Systems and PolicyTeacher Education and Leadership StudiesReligious Education and SchoolsGlobal Educational Policies and ReformsEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentHigher Education Learning PracticesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringIrish and British StudiesGlobal Education and Multiculturalism

Frequently asked questions about Irish Educational Studies

Is Irish Educational Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Irish Educational Studies: 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 Irish Educational Studies?

Irish Educational Studies 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 1.24.

Is Irish Educational Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Irish Educational Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.