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Higher Education Forum

Hiroshima University,Research Institute for Higher Education, · Japan · Est. 2003

ISSN2432-9614

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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.179

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.665

Total Worksi

3,605

Total Citationsi

236

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Higher Education Forum is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes English articles on the topic of higher education. It examines educational developments worldwide in various types of institutes, sharing educational theories and practices, and addressing issues for teachers, students, planners, and administrators.

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General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 103 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications3,605

Publisher OrgHiroshima University

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Hiroshima University,Research Institute for Higher Education,

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2432-9614

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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

424

2009

423

2010

397

2011

285

2012

222

2013

131

2014

145

2015

2016

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

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Higher Education and Teaching MethodsEducation and Work DynamicsIdeological and Political EducationEducational Technology and AssessmentEngineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentInnovative Educational TechniquesEducational Technology and PedagogyEducational Reforms and InnovationsEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningHigher Education Governance and Development

Frequently asked questions about Higher Education Forum

Is Higher Education Forum a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Higher Education Forum: 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 Higher Education Forum?

Higher Education Forum is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.179.

Is Higher Education Forum indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Higher Education Forum is indexed in Scopus.