Journal of Transformative Education

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Transformative Education (JTED) is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal focused on advancing the understanding, practice, and experience of transformative education.

The journal seeks to deliver high academic quality in an engaging, thought-provoking, participative, and reflexive discourse across the spectrum of issues which transformational education encompasses.

Those issues include individual experience, educational and institutional processes, formal and informal purposes and venues for such education, and cultural issues such as accessibility and social context for transformative education.

The journal is global in scope and content and is diverse in its approaches and topics - drawing from theory, research, practice, individual experience, and retrospective insight from past major theorists.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	0.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11903

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	121

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.484

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	41

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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.

• Transformative Learning as Discourse

  Citation: 975

  Authors: Jack

• What Do We Mean By “Civic Engagement”?

  Citation: 567

  Authors: Richard P., Judy

• The Evolution of John Mezirow's Transformative Learning Theory

  Citation: 418

  Authors: Andrew

• Critical Thinking, Transformative Learning, Sustainable Education, and Problem-Based Learning in Universities

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Ian

• Musings and Reflections on the Meaning, Context, and Process of Transformative Learning

  Citation: 230

  Authors: John M., Jack, Patricia

• Is Higher Education Ready for Transformative Learning?

  Citation: 196

  Authors: Janet

• Transformative Learning and Identity

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Knud

• Opening the Contemplative Mind in the Classroom

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Tobin

• Transformative Learning in the Perspective of a Comprehensive Learning Theory

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Knud

• Collaborative Autoethnography as a Pathway for Transformative Learning

  Citation: 96

  Authors: A. Emiko, Meg

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