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Education Inquiry

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1979

ISSN2000-4508eISSN2000-4508

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total84

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?

254

days submission → published

measured · last 6 articles · accept 257d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.602

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.458

Total Worksi

574

Total Citationsi

8,907

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Education; Public Administration; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications574

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~30 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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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?

2000-4508 / 2000-4508

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

700

2019

787

2020

513

2021

321

2022

325

2023

145

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

Public AdministrationQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePublic AdministrationEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesGlobal Educational Policies and ReformsGlobal Education and MulticulturalismEducator Training and Historical PedagogyEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentLiteracy, Media, and EducationEducational Assessment and ImprovementInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsInnovative Education and Learning PracticesSecond Language Learning and Teaching

Frequently asked questions about Education Inquiry

Is Education Inquiry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Education Inquiry: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Education Inquiry?

Education Inquiry 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 1.74.

Is Education Inquiry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Education Inquiry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Education Inquiry?