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Review of Education
Review of Education is an international peer reviewed journal for the publication of major and substantial articles of interest to researchers in education. It is a growing focal point for the publication of educational research from throughout the world.
The journal is interdisciplinary in approach, and publishes major studies and in-depth reviews that are significant, substantial, wide-ranging and insightful, and have a genuinely international reach and orientation. The journal specialises in publishing substantial papers (8,000–20,000 words) of the highest quality from across the field of education. In particular, the journal publishes:
- Reports of major studies, including detailed discussion of interim and final findings of major research projects. A substantial part of each article should put the study into the context of its field. The design and methodology should also be explained and any limitations discussed.
- Substantial research syntheses, integrating critically results from qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-method empirical studies. Such syntheses may include systematic reviews of studies relevant to particular research questions, thematic narrative reviews, and quantitative meta-analyses.
- Original state-of-the-art reviews that assess the state of knowledge in a field of education research. Thematic, historical, conceptual or theoretical reviews of cutting-edge fields of research and reviews that connect creatively different fields of research are especially welcome.
In 2022 Review of Education received its first Impact Factor, standing at 2.4, and this increased to 2.7 in 2023. The journal now ranks 109/756 in the Education and Educational Research category, placing it in the top quartile. Its Journal Citation Indicator is 0.5 and its Citescore is 3.3.
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Review of Education Editors’ Choice Award 2025
The Review of Education Editors’ Choice Award recognises the highest quality and most impactful articles published in the journal. The winning paper for the 2025 volume is:
- Zawacki-Richter, O., Cefa, B., & Bai, J. Y. H. (2025). Towards reproducible systematic reviews in Open, Distance, and Digital Education—An umbrella mapping review. Review of Education, 13, e70031.
The editors say: ‘The authors analysed and quality assessed 576 systematic reviews in Open, Distance, and Digital Education (ODDE). They conducted the review thoroughly and make explicit suggestions for how authors can raise the quality of their own evidence syntheses, including conducting a quality appraisal (with a number of tools listed). This is a great contribution to improving evidence synthesis quality and reproducibility in ODDE, the wider field of education, and indeed within any discipline.’
The editors also commend the following two papers which were shortlisted for this year’s award:
- Nieminen, J. H., Dollinger, M., & Zou, T. X. P. (2025). Student partnership in assessment: What works, for whom, why, and under what circumstances? Review of Education, 13, e70059.
- Xia, J., Sun, S. A., & Gao, X. A. (2025). The other side of PhD education: A systematic review of research on PhD students’ development as university teachers. Review of Education, 13, e70024.