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Professional Development in Education

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1941-5257eISSN1941-5265

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.342

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.224

Total Worksi

1,247

Total Citationsi

31,601

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Professional Development in Education is an academic journal that publishes research on professional development, pedagogy, professional learning communities, mathematics education, and medical education. It welcomes empirical and conceptual articles on professional development and learning across a wide range of professions, including faculty development.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 91 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,247

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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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?

1941-5257 / 1941-5265

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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

2.5k

2019

2.7k

2020

1.6k

2021

334

2022

912

2023

100

594

2024

101

207

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.

EducationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesCollaborative Teaching and InclusionInnovative Education and Learning PracticesReflective Practices in EducationEducational and Psychological AssessmentsEducational Assessment and ImprovementEducation Systems and PolicyInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEducation and Technology IntegrationEarly Childhood Education and Development

Frequently asked questions about Professional Development in Education

Is Professional Development in Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Professional Development in 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 Professional Development in Education?

Professional Development in 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 2.35.

Is Professional Development in Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Professional Development in Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.