Australian Educational Researcher

Aims & Scope

The Australian Educational Researcher is the international, peer reviewed journal published by AARE.

The Australian Educational Researcher is published three times a year and is a Thomson (ISI) indexed journal.

The aim of AER is to: Promote understandings of educational issues through the publication of original research and scholarly essays.

Inform education policy through the publication of papers utilising a range of research methodologies and addressing issues of theory and practice.

Provide a research forum for education researchers to debate current problems and issues.

Provide an international and national perspective on education research through the publication of book reviews, scholarly essays, original quantitative and qualitative research and papers that are methodologically or theoretically innovative.

AER welcomes contributions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives on any level of education.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.974

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.

• Performativities and fabrications in the education economy: Towards the performative society?

  Citation: 318

  Authors: Stephen J

• Policy as numbers: ac/counting for educational research

  Citation: 229

  Authors: Bob

• Fusing self-regulated learning and formative assessment: a roadmap of where we are, how we got here, and where we are going

  Citation: 182

  Authors: Ernesto, Heidi, Susan

• Reclaiming aboriginal knowledge at the cultural interface

  Citation: 170

  Authors: Tyson, Sue

• Perceptions of the prevalence and seriousness of academic dishonesty in Australian universities

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Mark, Peta

• Teacher burnout and turnover intent

  Citation: 134

  Authors: Natalia, Helen M. G., Paul W.

• The impact of COVID-19 on student learning in New South Wales primary schools: an empirical study

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Jennifer, Leanne, Andrew, Jess, Wendy

• Radical collegiality: Affirming teaching as an inclusive professional practice

  Citation: 119

  Authors: Michael

• Conceptualising teachers’ assessment literacies in an era of curriculum and assessment reform

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Jill, Lenore, Val

• A phenomenographic investigation of teacher conceptions of student engagement in learning

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Lois Ruth

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