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British Journal of Educational Studies
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Among the 46 education journals in this index it has the 10th highest h-index and the 36th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
Where its authors come from
Share of the 254 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 67% |
| Australia | 8% |
| China | 5% |
| United States | 5% |
| Hong Kong | 4% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 90% |
| Editorials | 3% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Education, Philosophy, and Society | 9% |
| Teacher Education and Leadership Studies | 6% |
| Historical Education Studies Worldwide | 4% |
| Global Educational Policies and Reforms | 3% |
| Values and Moral Education | 3% |
| Multilingual Education and Policy | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Learning Whiteness: Education and the Settler Colonial State (2023, 48 citations)
- Towards Instrumental Trainability in England? The ‘Official Pedagogy’ Of The Core Content Framework (2023, 40 citations)
- THE INTEGRITY OF EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES (2023, 33 citations)
- The rise of external actors in education shifting boundaries globally and locally (2023, 31 citations)
- Reconsidering the ‘Ten Myths’ about Character Education (2024, 23 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0007-1005):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- Journal of Teacher Education
- British Educational Research Journal
- Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education
- Educational Administration Quarterly
- The Elementary School Journal
- Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
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