Journal of Educational Change

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Educational Change is an international, professionally refereed, state-of-the-art scholarly journal, reflecting the most important ideas and evidence of educational change.

The journal brings together some of the most influential thinkers and writers as well as emerging scholars on educational change.

It deals with issues like educational innovation, reform and restructuring, school improvement and effectiveness, culture-building, inspection, school-review, and change management.

It examines why some people resist change and what their resistance means.

It looks at how men and women, older teachers and younger teachers, students, parents and others experience change differently.

It looks at the positive aspects of change but does not hesitate to raise uncomfortable questions about many aspects of educational change either.

It looks critically and controversially at the social, economic, cultural and political forces that are driving educational change.

The Journal of Educational Change welcomes and supports contributions from a range of disciplines, including history, psychology, political science, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and administrative and organizational theory, and from a broad spectrum of methodologies including quantitative and qualitative approaches, documentary study, action research and conceptual development.

School leaders, system administrators, teacher leaders, consultants, facilitators, educational researchers, staff developers and change agents of all kinds will find this journal an indispensable resource for guiding them to both classic and cutting-edge understandings of educational change.

No other journal provides such comprehensive coverage of the field of educational change.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3065

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	487

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.306

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	53

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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.

• Professional Learning Communities: A Review of the Literature

  Citation: 1312

  Authors: Louise, Ray, Agnes, Mike, Sally

• Students as Radical Agents of Change

  Citation: 403

  Authors: Michael

• Developing inclusive education systems: what are the levers for change?

  Citation: 399

  Authors: Mel

• The changes we need: Education post COVID-19

  Citation: 292

  Authors: Yong, Jim

• The Return of Large-Scale Reform

  Citation: 239

  Authors: Michael

• The Fourth Way of Finland

  Citation: 217

  Authors: Pasi

• Rethinking accountability in a knowledge society

  Citation: 215

  Authors: Pasi

• Putting Students at the Centre in Education Reform

  Citation: 200

  Authors: Benjamin

• Education Reform for Raising Economic Competitiveness

  Citation: 193

  Authors: P.

• Committed for life? Variations in teachers’ work, lives and effectiveness

  Citation: 191

  Authors: Christopher

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