Asia Pacific Education Review

Aims & Scope

The Asia Pacific Education Review (APER) covers all areas of educational research, with a focus on cross-cultural, comparative and other studies with a broad Asia-Pacific context.

It aims to stimulate research, encourage academic exchange, and enhance the professional development of scholars and other researchers who are interested in educational and cultural issues in the Asia Pacific region.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5588

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	805

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.911

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Service learning in higher education: a systematic literature review

  Citation: 273

  Authors: Maimoona, Dayang Nurfatimah, Dayang Hanani Abang, Muhammad Shoaib

• New challenges for higher education: global and Asia-Pacific perspectives

  Citation: 176

  Authors: Jung Cheol, Grant

• Private tutoring and mass schooling in East Asia: reflections of inequality in Japan, South Korea, and Cambodia

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Walter

• Peripheries and centers: research universities in developing countries

  Citation: 164

  Authors: Philip G.

• The effectiveness of self-regulated learning scaffolds on academic performance in computer-based learning environments: a meta-analysis

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Lanqin

• Examining the influence of subjective norm and facilitating conditions on the intention to use technology among pre-service teachers: a structural equation modeling of an extended technology acceptance model

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Timothy

• The origin of universal shadow education: what the supplemental education phenomenon tells us about the postmodern institution of education

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Izumi, David

• Internationalisation of higher education: European experiences

  Citation: 134

  Authors: U.

• Person-to-person interactions in online classroom settings under the impact of COVID-19: a social presence theory perspective

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Tai-ming, Jing

• Cultivating divergent thinking in mathematics through an open-ended approach

  Citation: 119

  Authors: Oh Nam, Jee Hyun, Jung Sook

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