Studies in the Education of Adults

Studies in the Education of Adults is a scholarly refereed journal that theorises and critically examines the education of adults as well as engages with international debates and national issues. It is also equally focused on lifelong-learning, adult learning, the nature of adult curriculum and on the role of the educator. The journal welcomes papers that explore the development of adult education and learning in a range of contexts including institutional, professional and community settings, for example colleges, universities, the workplace, prisons, trade unions and voluntary organisations as well as the home, public spaces, through leisure and arts activities, social movements, and digital media. It also promotes the role of adult learning and education in social justice. The Editorial Board encourage researchers, professionals and practitioners from a broad range of ideological interests, theoretical positions and research traditions and we especially welcome multidisciplinary research. We will promote the thematic exploration of specific areas as well as the exploration of new territories for adult education. Papers are selected for publication that: • Provide a clear theoretical and methodological rationale for the work discussed; • Demonstrate familiarity with adult education literature and research; • Engage in policy and practice critiques where appropriate; • Concentrate on analysis, as opposed to purely descriptive accounts; • Contextualise the writing so that it is understandable by an international readership; • Use an accessible styling of writing, concentrating on clarity and avoiding unexplained jargon; • Recognise the professional and academic experience of the journal’s readership.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Education	2019	Q3
Education	2020	Q3
Education	2021	Q2
Education	2022	Q2
Education	2023	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2019	0.262
2020	0.381
2021	0.392
2022	0.395
2023	0.433

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	17
2000	18
2001	19
2002	11
2003	11
2004	17
2005	15
2006	14
2007	14
2008	14
2009	12
2010	12
2011	17
2012	15
2013	14
2014	14
2015	14
2016	15
2017	17
2018	15
2019	16
2020	16
2021	15
2022	13
2023	40

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.377
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.557
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.458
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.479
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.508
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.780
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.948
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.074
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.684
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.683
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.158
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.759
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.788
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.782
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.607
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.879
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.733
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.579
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.649
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.650
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.721
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.206
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.109
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.306
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.817
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.377
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.593
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.577
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.438
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.951
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.231
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.884
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.717
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.651
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.119
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.675
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.553
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.780
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.614
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.891
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.651
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.476
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.372
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.543
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.553
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.229
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.021
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.362
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.405
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.765
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.629
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.378
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.400
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.227
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.071
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.688
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.517
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.429
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.583
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.828
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.563
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.621
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.357
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.214
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.448
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.625
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.968
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.031
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.290
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.357

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	5
Self Cites	2000	12
Self Cites	2001	6
Self Cites	2002	3
Self Cites	2003	7
Self Cites	2004	10
Self Cites	2005	8
Self Cites	2006	9
Self Cites	2007	8
Self Cites	2008	3
Self Cites	2009	6
Self Cites	2010	1
Self Cites	2011	5
Self Cites	2012	4
Self Cites	2013	5
Self Cites	2014	5
Self Cites	2015	5
Self Cites	2016	2
Self Cites	2017	1
Self Cites	2018	3
Self Cites	2019	1
Self Cites	2020	7
Self Cites	2021	4
Self Cites	2022	7
Self Cites	2023	17
Total Cites	1999	20
Total Cites	2000	32
Total Cites	2001	30
Total Cites	2002	27
Total Cites	2003	21
Total Cites	2004	39
Total Cites	2005	48
Total Cites	2006	38
Total Cites	2007	33
Total Cites	2008	28
Total Cites	2009	47
Total Cites	2010	27
Total Cites	2011	21
Total Cites	2012	32
Total Cites	2013	27
Total Cites	2014	41
Total Cites	2015	28
Total Cites	2016	20
Total Cites	2017	16
Total Cites	2018	25
Total Cites	2019	26
Total Cites	2020	59
Total Cites	2021	48
Total Cites	2022	64
Total Cites	2023	88

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.283
External Cites per document	2000	0.370
External Cites per document	2001	0.462
External Cites per document	2002	0.444
External Cites per document	2003	0.292
External Cites per document	2004	0.707
External Cites per document	2005	1.026
External Cites per document	2006	0.674
External Cites per document	2007	0.543
External Cites per document	2008	0.581
External Cites per document	2009	0.976
External Cites per document	2010	0.650
External Cites per document	2011	0.421
External Cites per document	2012	0.683
External Cites per document	2013	0.500
External Cites per document	2014	0.783
External Cites per document	2015	0.535
External Cites per document	2016	0.429
External Cites per document	2017	0.349
External Cites per document	2018	0.478
External Cites per document	2019	0.532
External Cites per document	2020	1.083
External Cites per document	2021	0.936
External Cites per document	2022	1.213
External Cites per document	2023	1.614
Cites per document	1999	0.377
Cites per document	2000	0.593
Cites per document	2001	0.577
Cites per document	2002	0.500
Cites per document	2003	0.438
Cites per document	2004	0.951
Cites per document	2005	1.231
Cites per document	2006	0.884
Cites per document	2007	0.717
Cites per document	2008	0.651
Cites per document	2009	1.119
Cites per document	2010	0.675
Cites per document	2011	0.553
Cites per document	2012	0.780
Cites per document	2013	0.614
Cites per document	2014	0.891
Cites per document	2015	0.651
Cites per document	2016	0.476
Cites per document	2017	0.372
Cites per document	2018	0.543
Cites per document	2019	0.553
Cites per document	2020	1.229
Cites per document	2021	1.021
Cites per document	2022	1.362
Cites per document	2023	2.000

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	0.00
2000	11.11
2001	5.26
2002	0.00
2003	9.09
2004	17.65
2005	6.67
2006	7.14
2007	0.00
2008	7.14
2009	0.00
2010	8.33
2011	17.65
2012	0.00
2013	14.29
2014	0.00
2015	7.14
2016	13.33
2017	11.76
2018	13.33
2019	18.75
2020	6.25
2021	20.00
2022	15.38
2023	25.00

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	6
Non-citable documents	2000	5
Non-citable documents	2001	5
Non-citable documents	2002	5
Non-citable documents	2003	6
Non-citable documents	2004	6
Non-citable documents	2005	6
Non-citable documents	2006	6
Non-citable documents	2007	6
Non-citable documents	2008	6
Non-citable documents	2009	6
Non-citable documents	2010	4
Non-citable documents	2011	4
Non-citable documents	2012	4
Non-citable documents	2013	6
Non-citable documents	2014	6
Non-citable documents	2015	6
Non-citable documents	2016	6
Non-citable documents	2017	6
Non-citable documents	2018	6
Non-citable documents	2019	6
Non-citable documents	2020	6
Non-citable documents	2021	6
Non-citable documents	2022	6
Non-citable documents	2023	6
Citable documents	1999	47
Citable documents	2000	49
Citable documents	2001	47
Citable documents	2002	49
Citable documents	2003	42
Citable documents	2004	35
Citable documents	2005	33
Citable documents	2006	37
Citable documents	2007	40
Citable documents	2008	37
Citable documents	2009	36
Citable documents	2010	36
Citable documents	2011	34
Citable documents	2012	37
Citable documents	2013	38
Citable documents	2014	40
Citable documents	2015	37
Citable documents	2016	36
Citable documents	2017	37
Citable documents	2018	40
Citable documents	2019	41
Citable documents	2020	42
Citable documents	2021	41
Citable documents	2022	41
Citable documents	2023	38

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	40
Uncited documents	2000	34
Uncited documents	2001	33
Uncited documents	2002	36
Uncited documents	2003	34
Uncited documents	2004	24
Uncited documents	2005	21
Uncited documents	2006	29
Uncited documents	2007	27
Uncited documents	2008	25
Uncited documents	2009	23
Uncited documents	2010	22
Uncited documents	2011	24
Uncited documents	2012	23
Uncited documents	2013	27
Uncited documents	2014	24
Uncited documents	2015	31
Uncited documents	2016	30
Uncited documents	2017	33
Uncited documents	2018	32
Uncited documents	2019	31
Uncited documents	2020	22
Uncited documents	2021	29
Uncited documents	2022	20
Uncited documents	2023	19
Cited documents	1999	13
Cited documents	2000	20
Cited documents	2001	19
Cited documents	2002	18
Cited documents	2003	14
Cited documents	2004	17
Cited documents	2005	18
Cited documents	2006	14
Cited documents	2007	19
Cited documents	2008	18
Cited documents	2009	19
Cited documents	2010	18
Cited documents	2011	14
Cited documents	2012	18
Cited documents	2013	17
Cited documents	2014	22
Cited documents	2015	12
Cited documents	2016	12
Cited documents	2017	10
Cited documents	2018	14
Cited documents	2019	16
Cited documents	2020	26
Cited documents	2021	18
Cited documents	2022	27
Cited documents	2023	25

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	36.00
2000	59.09
2001	55.56
2002	50.00
2003	40.00
2004	46.15
2005	50.00
2006	42.11
2007	47.06
2008	38.89
2009	46.15
2010	57.14
2011	46.15
2012	47.83
2013	53.85
2014	25.00
2015	62.50
2016	48.15
2017	56.00
2018	65.00
2019	73.91
2020	76.92
2021	70.83
2022	60.00
2023	61.33

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	4
Overton	2000	7
Overton	2001	1
Overton	2002	6
Overton	2003	5
Overton	2004	5
Overton	2005	2
Overton	2006	2
Overton	2007	6
Overton	2008	3
Overton	2009	2
Overton	2010	0
Overton	2011	3
Overton	2012	1
Overton	2013	2
Overton	2014	0
Overton	2015	0
Overton	2016	2
Overton	2017	3
Overton	2018	2
Overton	2019	2
Overton	2020	4
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	2
Overton	2023	2