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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

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total65

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.659

H-Index

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.033

Total Works

884

Total Citations

19,934

2yr Mean Citedness

2.45

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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.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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

Review Time~15 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

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9/12 · 75%

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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?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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