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Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Springer Singapore · Singapore · Est. 1999

ISSN2243-7908

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.516

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.873

Total Worksi

1,299

Total Citationsi

24,853

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher (TAPER) is an international refereed journal of original and innovative research in education. It provides a venue for the publication of empirical and theoretical studies in education, with emphasis on the experiences of successful educational systems in the Asia-Pacific Region. The journal publishes: Regular Article that report original and innovative research work that leads to the understanding and/or improvement of educational processes and outcomes using research methods and analytic frameworks of the varied academic disciplines (anthropology, applied linguistics, cognitive science, economics, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, among others) and also using multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches; and Special issue articles whose description will be provided on Call for Papers of each special issue. Regular Article shall contain maximum 6000 words (including the references)

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 119 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,299

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewrefereed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Singapore

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2243-7908

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

refereed

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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

2.5k

2019

1.1k

2020

3.4k

2021

1.2k

2022

1.7k

2023

164

1.2k

2024

106

382

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 Research

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsSecond Language Learning and TeachingTeacher Education and Leadership StudiesEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentOnline and Blended LearningEducation, Achievement, and GiftednessMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsStudent Assessment and FeedbackGrit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation

Frequently asked questions about Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Is Asia-Pacific Education Researcher a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Asia-Pacific Education Researcher: 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 Asia-Pacific Education Researcher?

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher 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 3.54.

Is Asia-Pacific Education Researcher indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.