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International Journal of Distance Education Technologies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.8), WoS ESCI. Published by IGI Global.
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ISSN 1539-3100Verify ISSN ↗1539-3119Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: IGI Global
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 685 / 1698 | 59th | Q2 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 275 / 568 | 51st | Q2 |
| Computer Science Applications | 563 / 1022 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.8.
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies is Q2 in Education (rank 685 of 1698), Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 275 of 568) and Q3 in Computer Science Applications (rank 563 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.270, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 27.
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies is published by IGI Global. Its print ISSN is 1539-3100 and its online ISSN is 1539-3119.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 3.52 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #206 of 1,610 Scopus journals in Education.
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies published 28 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 30. 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 77 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from China (38.5%), Brazil (7.8%) and United States (5.2%).
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.
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