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AERA Open

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2001

ISSN2332-8584eISSN2332-8584

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.435

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.033

Total Worksi

884

Total Citationsi

19,934

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

AERA Open aims to advance knowledge related to education and learning through rigorous empirical and theoretical study. The journal publishes theoretical and empirical studies across arenas of inquiry related to education and learning.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications884

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2332-8584 / 2332-8584

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

3.7k

2019

2020

132

3.1k

2021

1.9k

2022

734

2023

115

773

2024

126

267

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.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

EducationQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

School Choice and PerformanceEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentHigher Education Research StudiesParental Involvement in EducationTeacher Education and Leadership StudiesCritical Race Theory in EducationEducational Assessment and ImprovementEducation Discipline and InequalityEducation, Achievement, and GiftednessReading and Literacy Development

Frequently asked questions about AERA Open

Is AERA Open a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AERA Open: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 AERA Open?

AERA Open 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 2.45.

Is AERA Open indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AERA Open is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.