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Research in Learning Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Association for Learning Technology.
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ISSN 2156-7069Verify ISSN ↗2156-7077Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Association for Learning Technology
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 414 / 1698 | 75th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 435 / 1022 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.2.
Research in Learning Technology is Q1 in Education (rank 414 of 1698) and Q2 in Computer Science Applications (rank 435 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
Research in Learning Technology 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 4.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 75th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.658, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 45.
Research in Learning Technology is published by Association for Learning Technology. Its print ISSN is 2156-7069 and its online ISSN is 2156-7077.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Research in Learning Technology has an h-index of 70 and a 2-year mean of 3.66 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #186 of 1,610 Scopus journals in Education.
Research in Learning Technology published 19 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 49. 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 99 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (17.3%), United States (12.1%) and Philippines (5.6%).
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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