Discourse

Aims & Scope

Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education is a fully peer-reviewed, international journal publishing contemporary studies of education theory, policy and practice that provide new theoretical, methodological or empirical perspectives.

We publish articles that make original contributions to contemporary debates on social, cultural and political configurations of education.

All submissions must have a substantive focus on formal or informal education and be significant to an international readership.

The journal adopts a broadly critical orientation, but is not tied to particular ideological, theoretical or methodological positions.

We publish articles from various disciplinary perspectives, including comparative education, cultural studies, sociology, philosophy, history, geography and political science.

We encourage interdisciplinary approaches and the use of qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	1.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7534

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	547

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.740

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	70

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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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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• WHAT IS POLICY? TEXTS, TRAJECTORIES AND TOOLBOXES

  Citation: 565

  Authors: Stephen J.

• Policy as Discourse: What does it mean? Where does it get us?

  Citation: 305

  Authors: Carol

• Taking context seriously: towards explaining policy enactments in the secondary school

  Citation: 285

  Authors: Annette, Stephen J., Meg, Kate

• Toward Critical Media Literacy: Core concepts, debates, organizations, and policy

  Citation: 249

  Authors: Douglas, Jeff

• Policy actors: doing policy work in schools

  Citation: 248

  Authors: Stephen J., Meg, Annette, Kate

• What is policy? 21 years later: reflections on the possibilities of policy research

  Citation: 218

  Authors: Stephen J.

• Critical Discourse Analysis as a Research Tool

  Citation: 194

  Authors: Hilary

• Critical Race Theory and Education: Racism and anti-racism in educational theory and praxis

  Citation: 189

  Authors: David

• Critical Policy Analysis: exploring contexts, texts and consequences

  Citation: 186

  Authors: Sandra

• Policy subjects and policy actors in schools: some necessary but insufficient analyses

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Stephen J., Meg, Annette, Kate

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