Jump in Scopus Ranking for IAFOR Journal of Education

Congratulations to IAFOR Journal of Education!

Scopus, the top citation database, released its updated CiteScore rank for 2023 and the IAFOR Journal of Education continues in its upward trajectory. The journal saw a big leap in the rankings.

IAFOR Journal of Education. The title’s Scopus CiteScore Trend.

According to the figures, the journal moved up from the 2022 CiteScore of 1.6 (rank #831/1463 – 43rd percentile), to the 2023 CiteScore of 2.7 (rank #606/1543 – 60th Percentile).

The calculation of CiteScore for the current year is based on the number of citations received by a journal in the latest 4 years (including the calculation year), divided by the number of documents published in the journal in those four years.

Scopus Source Details: IAFOR Journal of Education. https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100913652

A thousand thanks to so many people!

This achievement would not have been possible without the dedication and many hours of hard work from an incredible team of Editors, Associate Editors, Senior Reviewers and Reviewers. Today, this number totals around 130 people who all give their time freely as a contribution to the academic community. Thank you everyone! We couldn't do it without you.


Specifically, we offer congratulations and massive thanks to the three issue editors that steer the journal today:

    • Dr Melinda Cowart
      Texas Woman’s University (TWU), USA
      (Language Learning in Education issue)
    • Dr Michael P. Menchaca
      University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, USA
      (Technology in Education issue)
    • Dr Pearl Subban
      Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
      (Studies in Education issue)

Special thanks to the journal's founding editor, Dr Bernard Montoneri, who did so much to put the foundations down in the beginning. (Bernard Montoneri is currently editor of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship.)

A special thanks also goes to Dr Yvonne Masters who deserves praise for her foresight and a great deal of hard work in expanding the title into the successful framework of issues that we see today.


Finally, we would like to thank the thousands of authors from across the world that have entrusted us with their research. Submissions are open to everyone and all papers are reviewed equally according to standard peer-review processes. Like all IAFOR journals, it is freely available to read online, and authors are not required to pay submission or publication charges of any sort.

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