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International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2154-8455eISSN2154-8463

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.556

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.038

Total Worksi

368

Total Citationsi

6,212

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Communication; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications368

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

2154-8455 / 2154-8463

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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

274

2019

419

2020

249

2021

346

2022

266

2023

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.

CommunicationQ2

EducationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

CommunicationEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate Change Communication and PerceptionAnimal and Plant Science EducationScience Education and PedagogyEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityScience Education and PerceptionsMuseums and Cultural HeritageEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesMisinformation and Its ImpactsSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeCareer Development and Diversity

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement

Is International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement: 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 International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement?

International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement 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 1.00.

Is International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement?