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Journal of College Science Teaching

Informa UK Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1943-4898

SJR Q3✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.237

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.576

Total Worksi

866

Total Citationsi

5,250

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of College Science Teaching provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences with undergraduate science courses, especially for nonscience majors. It reports on innovative teaching materials, methods, and evaluative criteria to improve college science instruction and describes work in disciplinary science.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 76 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications866

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Informa UK Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1943-4898

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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

380

2019

352

2020

252

2021

213

2022

120

2023

112

139

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.

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovative Teaching MethodsScience Education and PedagogyInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentExperimental Learning in EngineeringCareer Development and DiversityDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesOnline and Blended LearningBiomedical and Engineering Education

Frequently asked questions about Journal of College Science Teaching

Is Journal of College Science Teaching a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of College Science Teaching: 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 Journal of College Science Teaching?

Journal of College Science Teaching is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.237.

Is Journal of College Science Teaching indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of College Science Teaching is indexed in Scopus.