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International Journal of STEM Education

SpringerOpen · Switzerland · Est. 1995

ISSN2196-7822eISSN2196-7822

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

212

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 195d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

3.316

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

4.535

Total Worksi

600

Total Citationsi

32,817

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Education, Scientific Disciplines; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 66 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications600

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~13 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SpringerOpen

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2196-7822 / 2196-7822

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

3.9k

2019

5.7k

2020

3.4k

2021

3.4k

2022

2023

1.3k

2024

496

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.

EducationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchEducation, Scientific Disciplines

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Career Development and DiversityScience Education and PedagogyEducation, Achievement, and GiftednessInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsInnovative Teaching MethodsEvaluation of Teaching PracticesEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesTeaching and Learning ProgrammingOnline Learning and AnalyticsMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of STEM Education

Is International Journal of STEM Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of STEM Education: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of International Journal of STEM Education?

International Journal of STEM Education 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 9.19.

Is International Journal of STEM Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of STEM Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of STEM Education?