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Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Netherlands · Est. 2001

ISSN1878-0482

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

506

Total Citationsi

3,934

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education is a research journal that publishes articles related to science education. It provides a forum for innovative trends and issues impacting science education, focusing on scholarship that advances new visions and understanding in the field.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 77 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications506

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature (Netherlands)

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-0482

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

2018

124

2019

352

2020

2022

172

2023

153

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.

EducationQ4

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Science Education and PedagogyEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesScience Education and PerceptionsEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityIndigenous and Place-Based EducationAnimal and Plant Science EducationInnovative Teaching Methods

Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education

Is Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education: it is indexed in 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 Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education?

Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education is indexed in Scopus.