Scholarship of teaching journals multidisciplinary areas

The journals listed below are all peer-reviewed. They are provided as a starting point for you when choosing a title in which to submit your article for publication.

  • Journal: this link will take you to more information about the title via Ulrichsweb global serials directory, including
    • links to the Library catalogue via Find It (find a full text article using Find it) (PDF 600kb, opens in new window)
    • links to JCR Web where possible (for journal impact factors)
    • frequency
    • publisher
    • abstracting and indexing
    • publisher web page (which includes links to scope, editorial board, instructions for authors etc)
  • Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) journal rankings:
    • ERA journal rankings are an indicator of quality and identified as:
      • A* - top 5% of journals in a field
      • A - next 15%
      • B - next 30%
      • C - remaining 50%
    • The Australian Research Council (ARC) released the full ERA 2010 Ranked Journal List in February 2010. All information relating to the final list can be obtained from the ARC website (opens in new window), or UniSA’s ERA information hub.
    • UniSA has also produced Publication Plus, the UniSA ERA Journal Finder, which includes information on the 4 tiers of rankings assigned to the journals.
    • Journals in the list have been assigned up to 3 Field of Research (FoR) codes. A FoR may consist of 2, 4 or 6 digits. The FoR codes are part of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (opens in new window).
  • Scholarship of teaching journals that cover more than one discipline may be found in the Multidisciplinary list

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Journal titles

ERA Ranking

FoR
Academic Exchange Quarterly (opens in new window)
Presents ideas, research, and methods leading to effective instruction and learning regardless of level or subject.
C
1117 Public Health and Health Services
Active Learning in Higher Education (opens in new window)
Focuses on all aspects of developments, innovations and good practice in higher education teaching and learning worldwide, including the use of information and communication technologies.
B
 1301 Education systems
Adult Education Quarterly: a journal of research and theory (opens in new window)
Articles on adult and continuing education report research, build theory, interpret and review literature, and critique work previously published.
A
 1301 Education systems
American Educational Research Journal (opens in new window)
Reports original research, both empirical and theoretical, and brief synopses of research.
A*
 13 Education
American Journal of Evaluation (opens in new window)
Contains articles on techniques and methods of evaluation to assist evaluators to improve the theory and practice of their profession, to develop their skills, to encourage dialogue, and to improve their knowledge base.
B
 1503 Business and management
Assessing Writing (opens in new window)
Explores writing assessment issues from diverse perspectives: classrooms, research, institutional, and administrative.
C
1303 Specialist studies in education
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education (opens in new window)
All aspects of assessment and evaluation relevant to the generalist in higher education.
A
 1303 Specialist studies in education
Australian Educational Researcher (AER) (opens in new window)
Aims to promote the understanding of educational issues through publication of original research and scholarly essays.
B
 13 Education
Change: the magazine of higher learning (opens in new window)
Deals with contemporary issues in higher learning, the award-winning Change spotlights trends, provides new insights, and analyses the implications of educational programs.
NF
  
Educational Action Research (opens in new window)
Covers participatory research and action inquiry in education and across the professions.
B
13 Education
Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability (opens in new window)
Publishes research and applied scholarship on current issues in the evaluation of teacher and administrator performance.
C
 1303 Specialist studies in education
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis: a quarterly publication of the American Educational Research Association (opens in new window)
Focuses on practical, theoretical, and methodological issues in educational evaluation and educational policy analysis.
B
 1303 Specialist studies in education
Educational Researcher (opens in new window)
Aims to make methods of evaluation and research in education available to teachers, administrators and research workers.
A*
 13 Education
Evaluation and Research in Education (opens in new window)
Provides information about research and evaluation in education.
A
 1303 Specialist studies in education
Harvard Educational Review (opens in new window)
A scholarly journal of opinion and research in education. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussion and debate about education's most vital issues.
A*
13 Education
Higher Education: the international journal of higher education and educational planning (opens in new window)
Serves as a forum for exchange of research results, experience and insights on education in Universities, polytechnics, technical colleges, research institutes and specialist institutions throughout the world.
A
 1301 Education systems
1303 Specialist studies in education
Higher Education Research and Development (opens in new window)
Aims to further debate and provide opportunities for more immediate and wider comment.
A
 1303 Specialist studies in education
Innovations in Education and Teaching International (opens in new window)
Presents topics and issues relevant to educational and training technology.
B
13 Education
Innovative Higher Education (opens in new window)
Presents professional and scholarly information and encourages creative practices relevant to the higher education field.
B
 1301 Education systems
International Education Journal (opens in new window)
Encompasses research and review articles which include articles on human development, learning, school education, formal and informal education, tertiary and vocational education, industry training and lifelong learning.
B
13 Education
International Journal for Academic Development (opens in new window)
Reports on advances in theory and practice and includes discussions on the development of models and theories for supporting and leading improvements in teaching and learning, and debates current issues at the forefront of educational change.
B
 1303 Specialist studies in education
International Journal of Educational Research (opens in new window)
Publishes results of importance for educational policy, practice, and research.
A*
 13 Education
The International Journal of Learning (opens in new window)
Provides a forum for researcher, teachers, higher degree students, educators and educational managers, administrators and for anyone with an interest in the nature and future of learning.
B
0807 Library and Information Studies
1303 Specialist studies in education
International Journal of Science Education (opens in new window)
Aims to bridge the gap between research and practice; provides information, ideas and opinions that serve as media for placing these research findings in the context of the classroom.
A*
1302 Curriculum and pedagogy
International Journal of Technology and Design Education (opens in new window)
Seeks to encourage research and scholarly writing about any aspect of technology and design education. Critical, review, and comparative studies are particularly prominent, as are contributions which draw upon other literatures.
A
 1302 Curriculum and pedagogy
1203 Design Practice and management
International Journal on E-learning: corporate, government, healthcare & higher education (opens in new window)
Designed for researchers, developers, and Internet users in educational, business, and professional environments.
B
1303 Specialist studies in education
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (opens in new window)
Covers the whole range of uses of information and communication technology to support learning and knowledge exchange.
A
 0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences
1303 Specialist studies in education
1702 Cognitive Science
The Journal of Educational Research (opens in new window)
Includes articles on theoretical and other educational issues. For teachers, councillors, supervisors, administrators, planners and educational researchers.
B
 13 Education
Journal of Education for International Development (opens in new window)
Dedicated to the improvement of education policies and practices promoting lifelong learning for the sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction of developing countries worldwide.
NF
  
Journal of Further and Higher Education (opens in new window)
Publishes articles representing the whole filed of post-16 education and training.
B
 1301 Education systems
Journal of Higher Education (opens in new window)
Investigates issues of higher education teaching, administration, evaluation, and management.
A
 1301 Education systems
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management (opens in new window)
Covers professional experience and ideas in post-secondary education. It supports higher education managers by disseminating ideas, analyses and reports of professional experience relevant to colleagues internationally.
B
 1303 Specialist studies in education
Journal of Interactive On-line Learning (opens in new window)
Focuses on providing a venue for manuscripts, critical essays, and reviews that encompass disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives in regards to issues related to higher-level learning outcomes.
C
 13 Education
Journal of Learning Design (opens in new window)
Aims to to provide a forum for critical debate and professional exchange about models, theoretical positioning and best practice in learning design.
C
 1302 Curriculum and pedagogy
Journal of Research in International Education (opens in new window)
Promotes the relationship between theory and practice, and will be of the highest intellectual and academic quality for those undertaking rigorous and systematic enquiry.
C
 1303 Specialist studies in education
Journal of Studies in International Education (opens in new window)
Aims to encourage serious research dealing with international education and academic mobility, to stimulate interest in such work (both in the international education community and in academic circles in general), and to develop and promote ways to disseminate this work.
B
 13 Education
Journal of the Learning Sciences: a journal of ideas and their applications (opens in new window)
Provides a multidisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of research on teaching and learning.
B
1303 Specialist studies in education
Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (opens in new window)
Aims to provide a forum for educational practitioners in a wide range of disciplines to communicate their teaching and learning outcomes in a scholarly way. Its purpose is to bridge the gap between journals covering purely academic research and more pragmatic articles and opinions published elsewhere.
B
1301 Education systems 1302 Curriculum and pedagogy
Language Learning and Technology (opens in new window)
Seeks to disseminate research to foreign and second language educators in the US and around the world on issues related to technology and language education.
B
 1303 Specialist studies in education
2004 Linguistics
Learning and Instruction (opens in new window)
Presents papers and review articles on the processes of learning, development, instruction, and teaching representing a variety of theoretical perspectives and different methodological approaches.
A
 1303 Specialist studies in education
1701 Psychology
Learning Environments Research (opens in new window)
Publishes original academic papers dealing with the study of learning environments, including theoretical reflections, reports of quantitative and qualitative research, critical and integrative literature reviews and meta-analyses, discussion of methodological issues, reports of the development and validation of assessment instruments, and reviews of books and evaluation instruments.
B  
 1303 Specialist studies in education
Research in Education (Manchester) (opens in new window)
Focuses on the sociology and psychology of education and gives emphasis to current practical issues.
NF
  
Research in Higher Education (opens in new window)
Features original theoretical and in-depth empirical research about the functioning of post-secondary educational institutions.
A
 1301 Education systems
Review of Educational Research (opens in new window)
Contains integrative reviews and interpretations of the research literature on substantive and methodological issues.
A*
 13 Education
Review of Higher Education (opens in new window)
Articles, essays, and reviews discuss issues affecting higher education. Official journal of ASHE.
B
 1301 Education systems
Sociology of Education: a journal of research in socialization and social structure (opens in new window)
Publishes papers on educational processes and human development.
A*
 1303 Specialist studies in education
Studies in Higher Education (opens in new window)
Empirically based, reflective and synoptic articles dealing with any aspect of higher education, approached from any perspective or discipline.
A*
 1301 Education systems
1303 Specialist studies in education
Studies in Learning Evaluation Innovation and Development (opens in new window)
Provides research and scholarship about teaching and learning in formal, semiformal and informal educational settings to support emerging scholars and the development of evidence-based practice.
C
 1303 Specialist studies in education
Teaching in Higher Education (opens in new window)
Addresses the roles of teaching, learning and the curriculum in higher education in order to explore and clarify the intellectual challenges which they present.
A
 1303 Specialist studies in education

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