Higher Education Policy

Impact, Factor and Metrics, Impact Score, Ranking, h-index, SJR, Rating, Publisher, ISSN, and More

Aim and Scope

Higher Education Policy is an international journal for advancing scholarly understanding of the policy process applied to higher education through the publication of original analyses, both theoretical and practice-based, the focus of which may range from case studies of developments in individual institutions to policy making at systems and at national level.

Higher Education Policy has two distinguishing features:

It encourages contributions that make explicit comparison between systems of higher education
It is theme based, involving a common focus or combining articles which individually contribute to an overall topic.

About Higher Education Policy

Higher Education Policy is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories related to Education (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1). It is published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.. The overall rank of Higher Education Policy is 7379. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.751. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come. SJR acts as an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (or an average number of citations received in last 2 years). This journal has an h-index of 54. The best quartile for this journal is Q1.

The ISSN of Higher Education Policy journal is 09528733, 17403863. An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic. Higher Education Policy is cited by a total of 459 articles during the last 3 years (Preceding 2024).

Higher Education Policy Impact IF 2024-2025

The Impact IF 2024 of Higher Education Policy is 3.64, which is computed in 2025 as per its definition. Higher Education Policy IF is increased by a factor of 0.71 and approximate percentage change is 24.23% when compared to preceding year 2023, which shows a rising trend. The impact IF, also denoted as Journal impact score (JIS), of an academic journal is a measure of the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is based on Scopus data.

Higher Education Policy Impact IF 2025 Prediction

Impact IF 2024 of Higher Education Policy is 3.64. If the same upward trend persists, Impact IF may rise in 2025 as well.

Higher Education Policy h-index

 

Higher Education Policy has an h-index of 54. It means 54 articles of this journal have more than 54 number of citations. The h-index is a way of measuring the productivity and citation impact of the publications. The h-index is defined as the maximum value of h such that the given journal/author has published h papers that have each been cited at least h number of times.

Higher Education Policy ISSN

The ISSN of Higher Education Policy is 09528733, 17403863. ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number.

An ISSN is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic.

Higher Education Policy Rank and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

The overall rank of Higher Education Policy is 7379. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.751. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come.

SJR of Higher Education Policy by Year

Ranking of Higher Education Policy by Year

Higher Education Policy Publisher

Higher Education Policy is published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.. It's publishing house is located in United Kingdom. Coverage history of this journal is as following: 1992, 1995-2025. The organization or individual who handles the printing and distribution of printed or digital publications is known as Publisher.

Call For Papers

Visit the official website of the journal/conference to check the further details about the call for papers.

Abbreviation

The IS0 4 standard abbreviation of Higher Education Policy is High. Educ. Policy. This abbreviation ('High. Educ. Policy') is well recommended and approved for the purpose of indexing, abstraction, referencing and citing goals. It meets all the essential criteria of ISO 4 standard.

ISO 4 (International Organization for Standardization 4) is an international standard that defines a uniform and consistent system for abbreviating serial publication titles and journals.

How to publish in Higher Education Policy

If your research field is/are related to Education (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1), then please visit the official website of this journal.

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate/percentage of any academic journal/conference depends upon many parameters. Some of the critical parameters are listed below.

• The demand or interest of researchers/scientists in publishing in a specific Journal/Conference.
• Peer review complexity and timeline.
• The mix of unsolicited and invited submissions.
• The time it takes from manuscript submission to final publication.
• And Many More.

It is essential to understand that the acceptance rate/rejection rate of papers varies among journals. Some Journals considers all the manuscripts submissions as a basis of acceptance rate computation. On the other hand, few consider the only manuscripts sent for peer review or few even not bother about the accurate maintenance of total submissions. Hence, it can provide a rough estimation only.

The best way to find out the acceptance rate is to reach out to the associated editor or to check the official website of the Journal/Conference.

Credits and Sources

• Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), https://www.scimagojr.com/
• Journal Impact Factor, https://clarivate.com/