Journal metric profile

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.600 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 280/756 Recorded category rank

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.600, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 280 out of 756 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 1,872 total citations, 34 total articles, 34 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.700, which is 1.100 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.990.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES is identified in this record by print ISSN 0305-5698 and electronic ISSN 1465-3400. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameEDUCATIONAL STUDIES
Abbreviated journalEDUC STUD-UK
PublisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank10,174
ISSN0305-5698
eISSN1465-3400
Total cites1,872
Total articles34
Citable items34
Cited half-life5.9 years
Citing half-life8.8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.600
5-Year Impact Factor2.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.990
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank280/756
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of EDUCATIONAL STUDIES?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for EDUCATIONAL STUDIES is 1.600 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is EDUCATIONAL STUDIES?

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes EDUCATIONAL STUDIES?

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES is listed as being published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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