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JOURNAL OF FORMATIVE DESIGN IN LEARNING

SPRINGER INT PUBL AG · CH · Est. 2012

ISSN2509-8039eISSN2509-8039

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

110

Total Citationsi

992

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research.

General Information

Country / RegionCH

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications110

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SPRINGER INT PUBL AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2509-8039 / 2509-8039

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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?

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

2019

182

2020

2021

2022

101

2023

2024

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Online and Blended LearningInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEducational Games and GamificationStudent Assessment and FeedbackInnovative Teaching MethodsOnline Learning and AnalyticsBiomedical and Engineering EducationTeacher Education and Leadership StudiesDesign Education and PracticeCreativity in Education and Neuroscience

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF FORMATIVE DESIGN IN LEARNING

Is JOURNAL OF FORMATIVE DESIGN IN LEARNING a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JOURNAL OF FORMATIVE DESIGN IN LEARNING: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 JOURNAL OF FORMATIVE DESIGN IN LEARNING?

JOURNAL OF FORMATIVE DESIGN IN LEARNING 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 2.17.

Is JOURNAL OF FORMATIVE DESIGN IN LEARNING indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF FORMATIVE DESIGN IN LEARNING is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL OF FORMATIVE DESIGN IN LEARNING?