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International Journal of Educational Development is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.5), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0738-0593Verify ISSN ↗1873-4871Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$3,490 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 264 / 1530 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Education | 370 / 1698 | 78th | Q1 |
| Development | 83 / 314 | 73rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1981–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.5.
International Journal of Educational Development is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 264 of 1530), Q1 in Education (rank 370 of 1698) and Q2 in Development (rank 83 of 314), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Educational Development is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 4.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.863, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 85.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,490 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.
International Journal of Educational Development is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0738-0593 and its online ISSN is 1873-4871.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Educational Development has an h-index of 126 and a 2-year mean of 2.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #143 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
International Journal of Educational Development published 234 papers in 2025. 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 94 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (25.9%), United States (13.4%) and United Kingdom (11%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (0.7 per 1,000 papers). 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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