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Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.7), DOAJ. Published by University of the Western Cape.
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ISSN 2310-7103Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of the Western Cape
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 695 / 1530 | 54th | Q2 |
| Education | 976 / 1698 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.7.
Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning is Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 695 of 1530) and Q3 in Education (rank 976 of 1698), by CiteScore 2025.
Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q2, 54th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.297, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 13.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$173 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning is published by University of the Western Cape. Its ISSN is 2310-7103.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 1.49 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #408 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning published 51 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 68. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 92 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (81.7%), United Kingdom (4.5%) and United States (3.4%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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