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Journal of Education Culture and Society

Pro Scientia Publica Foundation · Poland · Est. 2010

ISSN2081-1640
SJR Q1Scopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2024-08-21). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗
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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.355
H-Indexi
19
SNIPi
0.708
Total Worksi
941
Total Citationsi
2,884
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.79
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Education Culture and Society is an international multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary journal, which aims at promoting young scholar talents from the field of humanistic and social sciences, especially those functioning within the subfields of pedagogy, psychology, sociology, history of education, philosophy and economy. Articles relating thematically to education and teaching are preferred as the aim is to make educational issues a reason for a wider interdisciplinary scholarly discussion. The journal was established to support young and talented students, PhD students and adjuncts who do not find place for themselves within already established disciplines, do not have the possibility of sharing their research results in the currently functioning scientific press and who are not convinced of the value of their scholarly work and wish to subject themselves to evaluation external to their closest work environment. Authors can submit articles to one of the six sections. In the Ethics section, there are articles relating to the law, history, philosophy, and pedagogy and exploring the issues regarding the ethics and organization of education. In the Transgression section, there are articles focusing on the effects of educational, cultural, and social changes. In the Experience section, there are articles placing emphasis on the description and analysis of phenomenon. In the Dynamics section, there are articles underlining the change itself, without concentrating on the results of the change. In the Expression , there are usually articles relating to artistic activities and the fields of literary, art, and cultural studies. It creates space for the presentation of artistic schools, specific nature of art activities and the role of given pieces of art in the shaping of the culture. In the Local Cultures and Societies section, there are articles defining the peculiarity of local cultural and educational phenomena in the national, regional or narrower perspective. The final decision regarding the publication of an article in a given section is made by the editor-in-chief.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland
Primary LanguageEnglish, Polski
1st Year Published2010
FrequencyJune and September
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications941
Publisher OrgFoundation Pro Scientia Publica
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble blind peer-review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Pro Scientia Publica Foundation
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2081-1640
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
double blind peer-review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Portico
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English, Polski

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
41
256
2019
298
1k
2020
81
467
2021
75
321
2022
79
305
2023
86
169
2024
110
84
2025
55
2
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.

HistoryQ1
History and Philosophy of ScienceQ1
Sociology and Political ScienceQ2
EducationQ3
Psychology (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryHistory and Philosophy of ScienceEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Educational Methods and Teacher DevelopmentPsychology of Development and EducationSecond Language Learning and TeachingSocial Issues in PolandEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningEducation and Cultural StudiesEducational Innovations and ChallengesSociopolitical Dynamics in RussiaEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Education Culture and Society

Is Journal of Education Culture and Society a predatory journal?

Journal of Education Culture and Society was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-08-21). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Education Culture and Society?

Journal of Education Culture and Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.355.

Is Journal of Education Culture and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Education Culture and Society is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Education Culture and Society?

Journal of Education Culture and Society is an international multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary journal, which aims at promoting young scholar talents from the field of humanistic and social sciences, especially those functioning within the subfields of pedagogy, psychology, sociology, history of education, philosophy and economy. Articles relating thematically to education and teaching are preferred as the aim is to make educational issues a reason for a wider interdisciplinary scholarly discussion. The journal was established to support young and talented students, PhD students and adjunc

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref