Journal of Further and Higher Education Impact Factor 2026: 1.98, Quartile

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At a glanceJournal of Further and Higher Education is listed in ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024. Published by Routledge, it has 2,383 published works, cited 41,973 times (h-index 85). Its impact factor* of 1.98 ranks it 315 of 791 in Education & Educational Research. Its papers take a median of 494 days from submission to acceptance. 31% of its recent research articles name a funder, most often Economic and Social Research Council. It has 1 retraction on record. Papers by ScholarsColab mentors and the researchers we track appear here as soon as they publish in it. Data updated 22 October 2026.

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Impact factor*1.98Rank 315 of 791 in Education & Educational Research IndexingESCIScopusJCR 2024Confirm on the official lists before you submit Review time494 daysMedian from submission to acceptance Retractions1On record, with the reasons and years

01Impact factor

Impact factor of Journal of Further and Higher Education (2026)

Impact factor (2-year)1.98calculated by ScholarsColab

Rank in category#315of 791 by citedness

h-index85

Papers published2,383cited 41,973 times

The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Journal of Further and Higher Education published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, calculated by ScholarsColab. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.

Rank in its subject categories

Education & Educational Researchrank 315 of 791 journals

Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.

Quartile of Journal of Further and Higher Education

A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Journal of Further and Higher Education is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.

Citations and papers per year

Citations per year

Papers per year

Please check the final impact factor. The impact factor and APC on this page are calculated by ScholarsColab (updated 17 October 2026) and can differ from the official values. Confirm the current impact factor and charges on the journal’s website or in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports before you submit.

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02Review time

Review time of Journal of Further and Higher Education

Submission to acceptance494 daysmedian

Acceptance to online11 daysmedian

Papers counted192Jan 2025 to Oct 2026

How long papers in this journal took to be accepted

Fastest 10% accepted within 238 daysMiddle half of the papers: 320–694 daysMedian: 494 daysSlowest 10% took over 840 days

Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.

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Half of the research articles Journal of Further and Higher Education published between Jan 2025 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 494 days of submission, and the middle half took between 320 and 694 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.

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Source, method and date. For each of the 192 research articles published from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026 that carry both dates, ScholarsColab counted the days from received to accepted, then took the median and the middle 50% of those values; articles with impossible dates were left out. Updated: 29 October 2026, refreshed about every 3 months. Review times of individual papers vary with the field, the editor, the reviewers and the number of revisions, and the journal may count from a different date. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with this journal; check the journal’s website for its own figures.

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APC waivers and discounts for Journal of Further and Higher Education

Taylor & Francis: 100% waiver for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request. Authors in 24 countries get a full waiver.

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03Retractions

Retractions and research integrity at Journal of Further and Higher Education

Retractions, last 10 years01 in all years

Expressions of concern1editor's warnings

Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):

Duplication of/in Article1

Journal of Further and Higher Education has 1 retracted paper on record, the latest in Jun 2013. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.

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04Funders

Who funds research published in Journal of Further and Higher Education

Articles naming a funder31%of 200 recent articles

Funders named most often

Economic and Social Research Council2

Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo2

Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain2

Royal Society-Department for International Development1

UK Research and Innovation1

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Based on up to 200 research articles this journal published in the last 24 months. Not every article lists its funders, so the share can be lower than the real one. Updated: 29 October 2026.

05Indexing

Indexing of Journal of Further and Higher Education

List	Status
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Not listed
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)	Not listed
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	Not listed
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)	✓ Listed
Scopus	✓ Listed
Journal Citation Reports 2024	✓ Listed

ISSN: 0309-877X
eISSN: 1469-9486
Publisher: Routledge all its journals →
Country: England
Language: English
Scopus source type: Journal
Web of Science categories: Education & Educational Research

From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor on this page is calculated by ScholarsColab (see how the impact factor works).

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06How to submit

How to submit to Journal of Further and Higher Education

Read the guide for authors. It sets the article types, word limit, reference style and file format that Journal of Further and Higher Education accepts. Open the official guide for authors and submit from the same page.
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07Reviewer comments

Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Journal of Further and Higher Education

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08Same subject

Education & Educational Research journals with a similar impact factor*

The journals next to Journal of Further and Higher Education when the 731 journals of Education & Educational Research in our data are ranked by impact factor*:

Rank	Journal	Impact factor*	Indexing	Open access
311	Journal of Diversity in Higher Education	2.01	SSCI	Subscription
312	Pedagogy Culture and Society	2.00	ESCI	Subscription
313	International journal of comparative education and development	2.00	ESCI	Subscription
314	Mind Brain and Education	1.98	SSCI	Subscription
316	Education as Change	1.97	SSCI	Fully open access
317	Educational Research and Evaluation	1.97	ESCI	Subscription
318	European Educational Research Journal	1.95	SSCI	Subscription
319	Advanced Education	1.94	ESCI	Fully open access

*Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.

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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 157,115 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated by ScholarsColab, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time is the median days from submission to acceptance (not every publisher publishes these dates). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.

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09Questions

Frequently asked questions

How long is the review time of Journal of Further and Higher Education?

Based on 192 research articles Journal of Further and Higher Education published from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 494 days, and half of them were accepted between 320 and 694 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 11 days. Data updated October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Further and Higher Education?

Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Journal of Further and Higher Education is 1.98: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 1.98 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

What is the h-index of Journal of Further and Higher Education?

The h-index of Journal of Further and Higher Education is 85 (October 2026): 85 of its papers have each been cited at least 85 times. Its i10-index is 958.

What is the quartile of Journal of Further and Higher Education?

Is Journal of Further and Higher Education indexed in Scopus?

Yes. Journal of Further and Higher Education appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Journal of Further and Higher Education an SCIE journal?

Journal of Further and Higher Education is listed in ESCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Journal of Further and Higher Education in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?

Yes. Journal of Further and Higher Education is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

Does Journal of Further and Higher Education offer an APC waiver?

Journal of Further and Higher Education follows the policy of Taylor & Francis: 100% waiver for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.

Has Journal of Further and Higher Education retracted papers?

Yes. 1 retracted paper are on record for Journal of Further and Higher Education, 0 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are duplication of/in article. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.

Who funds research published in Journal of Further and Higher Education?

31% of 200 recent research articles in Journal of Further and Higher Education name a funder; the funders named most often are Economic and Social Research Council, Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain.