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Journal of Learning Spaces

University of North Carolina at Greensboro · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2158-6195

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-03-13). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. 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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.154

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

802

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Library and Information Sciences; Education; Public Administration.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 9 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2023)

Total Publications73

Publisher OrgUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2158-6195

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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

2014

2015

148

2016

143

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

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.

Library and Information SciencesQ3

EducationQ4

Public AdministrationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesPublic AdministrationEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Educational Environments and Student OutcomesOnline and Blended LearningEvaluation of Teaching PracticesLibrary Science and Information LiteracyCommunication in Education and HealthcareEducation and Technology IntegrationMobile Learning in EducationLibrary Science and AdministrationReflective Practices in EducationWeb and Library Services

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Learning Spaces

Is Journal of Learning Spaces a predatory journal?

Journal of Learning Spaces was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2025-03-13). 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 Learning Spaces?

Journal of Learning Spaces is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.154.

Is Journal of Learning Spaces indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Learning Spaces is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Learning Spaces?