Improving Schools

Aims & Scope

Improving Schools is for all those engaged in school development, whether improving schools in difficulty or making successful schools even better.

The journal includes contributions from across the world with an increasingly international readership including teachers, heads, academics, education authority staff, inspectors and consultants.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	1.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.567

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	33

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10260

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	101

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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.

• Project-based learning: A review of the literature

  Citation: 805

  Authors: Dimitra, Victoria, Andy

• Professional learning communities and system improvement

  Citation: 208

  Authors: Alma, Michelle

• Learning from the COVID-19 home-schooling experience: Listening to pupils, parents/carers and teachers

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Sara, Mari-Ana

• Theorizing student voice: values and perspectives

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Carol, Carol

• Students’ perceptions of school climate as determinants of wellbeing, resilience and identity

  Citation: 134

  Authors: Jill M, Barry J, Farida, Kate, Jaya, Ernest

• Primary–secondary transition: Differences between teachers’ and children’s perceptions

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Keith

• Teachers' assessment knowledge and their perceptions of the impact of classroom assessment professional development

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Craig A.

• Addressing math anxiety in the classroom

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Maureen

• Collaboration as a strategy for improving schools in challenging circumstances

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Mel, Daniel, Mel

• Relationships: The key to successful transition from primary to secondary school?

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Anne

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