Education · 432 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Education
The top Education journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
- 1The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Athabasca University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 2Australasian Journal of Educational Technology5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary EducationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 3CBE—Life Sciences Education4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Cell BiologyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Education Sciences4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · University of WollongongOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
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- 7Physical Review Physics Education Research3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Online Learning3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Online Learning ConsortiumOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Frontiers in Education3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 11Teoría de la Educación Revista Interuniversitaria2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Ediciones Universidad de SalamancaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 12Arab World English Journal1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Arab World English JournalOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 13Revista Interuniversitaria de Formación del Profesorado Continuación de la antigua Revista de Escuelas Normales0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · University of MurciaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 14Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Niñez y Juventud4.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Universidad de ManizalesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 15Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education3.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Modestum LimitedOpen AccessScopus
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- 18AJP Advances in Physiology Education2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · American Physical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19Journal of Baltic Science Education2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Scientia Socialis LtdOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 20International Journal of Information and Education Technology1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · International Journal of Information and Education TechnologyOpen AccessScopusPubMed
- 21International Journal of Learning Teaching and Educational Research1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Tresorix LtdOpen AccessScopus
- 22Pedagogia Social Revista Interuniversitaria1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Sociedad Iberoamericana de Pedagogía SocialOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 23Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education1.1 cites/paper · Q2 · American Society for MicrobiologyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Education Policy Analysis Archives1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Arizona State UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 26Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología0.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Konrad Lorenz Fundación UniversitariaOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 28Revista Española de Pedagogía0.8 cites/paper · Q2 · International University of La RiojaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 29Estudios sobre Educación0.7 cites/paper · Q2 · University of NavarreOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 30The Australian journal of teacher education0.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Edith Cowan UniversityOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
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- 33Educação & Realidade0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Federal University of Rio Grande do SulOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
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- 35South African Journal of Education9.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Education Association of South AfricaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 36Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology1.9 cites/paper · Q3 · Canadian Network for Innovation in EducationOpen AccessDOAJScopus
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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