Educational Sciences 2026
6,008 journals in P5.03 Educational Sciences (Social Sciences), ranked by PNCI. Snapshot September 2026. How the ranking works.
Showing the top 1,000 of 6,008 journals. The ranked journals CSV lists every ranked journal; the complete CSV has every journal of the edition, and the edition index lists one file per category.
| Rank | Journal | PNCI | Percentile | Citation Quartile | POSI Zone | AJR | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/6008 | British Journal of Educational Technology Wiley, ISSN 0007-1013 | 32.03 | 100.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 2/6008 | Educational Research Review Elsevier BV, ISSN 1747-938X | 28.25 | 100.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 3/6008 | The Internet and Higher Education Elsevier BV, ISSN 1096-7516 | 26.57 | 100.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 4/6008 | Studies in Science Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0305-7267 | 26.23 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 5/6008 | Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0260-2938 | 18.18 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 6/6008 | Review of Educational Research SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0034-6543 | 16.57 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 7/6008 | European Journal of Education Wiley, ISSN 0141-8211 | 13.21 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 8/6008 | Assessing Writing Elsevier BV, ISSN 1075-2935 | 13.09 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 9/6008 | Acta Pedagogia Asiana ISSN 2963-6442 | 12.69 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 10/6008 | Teaching and Teacher Education Elsevier BV, ISSN 0742-051X | 12.59 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 11/6008 | Journal of Research on Technology in Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1539-1523 | 12.38 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 12/6008 | Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2153-2974 | 12.06 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 13/6008 | Studies in Higher Education Routledge, ISSN 0307-5079 | 11.81 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 14/6008 | Review of Education Wiley, ISSN 2049-6613 | 11.47 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 15/6008 | Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ISSN 1449-3098 | 11.38 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 16/6008 | International Journal of Changes in Education ISSN 3029-133X | 11.17 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 17/6008 | Education Sciences Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2227-7102 | 10.77 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 18/6008 | Innovations in Education and Teaching International Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1470-3297 | 10.67 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 19/6008 | Journal of Teacher Education SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0022-4871 | 10.62 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 20/6008 | Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research Springer Nature, ISSN 2662-2300 | 10.54 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 21/6008 | International Journal of Educational Research Open Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-3740 | 10.43 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 22/6008 | Higher Education Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0018-1560 | 10.40 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 23/6008 | Educational Researcher SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0013-189X | 9.92 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 24/6008 | School Leadership and Management Routledge, ISSN 1363-2434 | 9.87 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 25/6008 | Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching Canadian Philosophy of Education Society, ISSN 2591-801X | 9.77 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 26/6008 | CBE—Life Sciences Education American Society for Cell Biology, ISSN 1931-7913 | 9.70 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 27/6008 | Studies in Educational Evaluation Elsevier BV, ISSN 0191-491X | 9.56 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 28/6008 | Trends in Higher Education Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2813-4346 | 9.51 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 29/6008 | Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice University of Wollongong, ISSN 1449-9789 | 9.22 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 30/6008 | American Educational Research Journal SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0002-8312 | 8.95 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 31/6008 | Higher Education Research & Development Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0729-4360 | 8.93 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 32/6008 | Educational Administration Quarterly SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0013-161X | 8.93 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 33/6008 | Quality Education for All Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 2976-9310 | 8.89 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 34/6008 | ZDM Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1615-679X | 8.74 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 35/6008 | Cogent Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2331-186X | 8.74 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 36/6008 | Frontiers in Education Frontiers Media, ISSN 2504-284X | 8.71 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 37/6008 | Physical Review Physics Education Research American Physical Society, ISSN 2469-9896 | 8.54 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 38/6008 | Educational Management & Administration SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0263-211X | 8.54 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 38/6008 | Educational Management Administration & Leadership SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1741-1432 | 8.54 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 40/6008 | Journal of Diversity in Higher Education American Psychological Association, ISSN 1938-8926 | 8.52 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 41/6008 | International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 1467-6370 | 8.36 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 42/6008 | Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability Deakin University, ISSN 1838-3815 | 8.24 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 43/6008 | Educational Research Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0013-1881 | 8.19 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 44/6008 | Teaching in Higher Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1356-2517 | 8.13 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 45/6008 | Innovative Higher Education Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0742-5627 | 7.99 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 46/6008 | Journal of Educational Change Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1389-2843 | 7.93 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 47/6008 | International Journal of Educational Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 0883-0355 | 7.90 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 48/6008 | Early Childhood Research Quarterly Elsevier BV, ISSN 0885-2006 | 7.87 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 49/6008 | British Educational Research Journal Wiley, ISSN 0141-1926 | 7.73 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 50/6008 | European Journal of Teacher Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0261-9768 | 7.68 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 51/6008 | Social Sciences & Humanities Open Elsevier BV, ISSN 2590-2911 | 7.65 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 52/6008 | Learning Environments Research Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1387-1579 | 7.59 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 53/6008 | Research in Science Education Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0157-244X | 7.46 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 54/6008 | International journal of child care and education policy/International journal of child care and education Springer Nature, ISSN 1976-5681 | 7.45 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 55/6008 | School Effectiveness and School Improvement Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0924-3453 | 7.42 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 56/6008 | Chemistry Education Research and Practice Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 1109-4028 | 7.40 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 57/6008 | Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education Modestum Limited, ISSN 1305-8215 | 7.38 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 58/6008 | Science Education Wiley, ISSN 0036-8326 | 7.25 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 59/6008 | Science & Education Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0926-7220 | 7.21 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 60/6008 | AERA Open SAGE Publishing, ISSN 2332-8584 | 7.14 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 61/6008 | Technology Pedagogy and Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0962-029X | 7.14 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 62/6008 | The Australian Educational Researcher Springer Nature, ISSN 0311-6999 | 7.10 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 63/6008 | International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Springer Nature, ISSN 1571-0068 | 6.96 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 64/6008 | Computers in the Schools Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0738-0569 | 6.92 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 65/6008 | Journal of Educational Technology Systems SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0047-2395 | 6.90 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 66/6008 | ECNU Review of Education SAGE Publishing, ISSN 2096-5311 | 6.87 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 67/6008 | STEM Education American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, ISSN 2767-1925 | 6.75 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 68/6008 | Higher Education Pedagogies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2375-2696 | 6.75 | 98.9 | Provisional C-Q1 | No zone | – | Provisional |
| 69/6008 | Distance Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0158-7919 | 6.67 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 70/6008 | Active Learning in Higher Education SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1469-7874 | 6.65 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 71/6008 | European Journal of STEM Education Lectito Journals, ISSN 2468-1954 | 6.62 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 72/6008 | Journal of Educational Administration Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 0957-8234 | 6.41 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 73/6008 | International Journal of Educational Development Elsevier BV, ISSN 0738-0593 | 6.39 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 74/6008 | Learning Research and Practice Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2373-5082 | 6.38 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 75/6008 | Review of Research in Education SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0091-732X | 6.34 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 76/6008 | Oxford Review of Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0305-4985 | 6.20 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 77/6008 | Sociology of Education SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0038-0407 | 6.18 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 78/6008 | Professional Development in Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1941-5257 | 6.18 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 79/6008 | Higher Education Skills and Work-based Learning Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 2042-3896 | 6.08 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 80/6008 | Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0162-3737 | 6.06 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 81/6008 | Integrated Science Education Journal ISSN 2716-1609 | 6.01 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 82/6008 | International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education ISSN 1306-3030 | 5.98 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 83/6008 | Journal of Curriculum Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0022-0272 | 5.98 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 84/6008 | Online Learning Online Learning Consortium, ISSN 1092-8235 | 5.98 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 85/6008 | Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0920-525X | 5.87 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 85/6008 | Educational Assessment Evaluation and Accountability Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1874-8597 | 5.87 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 87/6008 | Teacher Education and Special Education The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0888-4064 | 5.78 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 88/6008 | Critical Studies in Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0076-6275 | 5.76 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 89/6008 | Teachers and Teaching Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1354-0602 | 5.76 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 90/6008 | Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management Routledge, ISSN 1360-080X | 5.75 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 91/6008 | The Journal of Higher Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0022-1546 | 5.69 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 92/6008 | Educational Review Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0013-1911 | 5.65 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 93/6008 | Educación XX1 National University of Distance Education, ISSN 1139-613X | 5.65 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 94/6008 | International Journal of Educational Management Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 0951-354X | 5.62 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 95/6008 | Research in Higher Education Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0361-0365 | 5.61 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 96/6008 | On the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 1074-8121 | 5.58 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 97/6008 | Theory Into Practice Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0040-5841 | 5.58 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 98/6008 | Journal of Further and Higher Education Routledge, ISSN 0309-877X | 5.56 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 99/6008 | Journal of Technology and Science Education OmniaScience, ISSN 2013-6374 | 5.47 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 100/6008 | Asia Pacific Journal of Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0129-4776 | 5.45 | 98.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
CITATION-RANK-1.0. Provisional rankings (dashed) have 10–19 eligible items or items from a single publication year, and carry no zone. 6,746 further journals in this category have citation data but no rank (too few items, incomplete citation coverage, or category too small); their PNCI is shown on their journal pages.