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Springer International Handbooks of Education

Springer International Publishing · Netherlands · Est. 1997

ISSN2197-1951

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.142

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

4,026

Total Citationsi

24,910

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Springer International Handbooks of Education series provides scholarly sources of information about a broad range of topics and issues in education. Each handbook examines in depth a field of educational theory, practice, and applied scholarship.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 378 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,026

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature (Netherlands)

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer International Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2197-1951

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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

303

2.3k

2019

359

1.8k

2020

297

671

2021

411

1.3k

2022

333

776

2023

427

827

2024

375

2025

331

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.

EducationQ4

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesGlobal Educational Policies and ReformsSecond Language Learning and TeachingEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningMultilingual Education and PolicyInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentGlobal Education and MulticulturalismEducator Training and Historical PedagogyCritical Race Theory in Education

Frequently asked questions about Springer International Handbooks of Education

Is Springer International Handbooks of Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Springer International Handbooks of Education: it is indexed in 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 Springer International Handbooks of Education?

Springer International Handbooks of Education is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.142.

Is Springer International Handbooks of Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Springer International Handbooks of Education is indexed in Scopus.