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Educational Philosophy and Theory
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Educational Philosophy and Theory

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Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rept20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 48 29 171 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 39
Documents by Best Scientists*: 179
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.765
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Educational Philosophy and Theory?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Philosophy of education, Epistemology, Pedagogy, Education theory and Teaching method. The study of Higher education serves as the foundation of the Philosophy of education research discussed in the journal. While Epistemology is the focus of Educational Philosophy and Theory, it also provided insights into the studies of Context (language use), Educational research and Politics.

The majority of Pedagogy studies in it are focused on the subject of Curriculum. It focuses on Philosophy education as well as the interrelated topic of Philosophy of sport.

  • Philosophy of education (41.08%)
  • Epistemology (38.43%)
  • Pedagogy (19.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Color of Supremacy: Beyond the discourse of ‘white privilege’ (437 citations)
  • Public Pedagogy and the Politics of Resistance: Notes on a critical theory of educational struggle (325 citations)
  • Learning Professional Ways of Being: Ambiguities of becoming (253 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Educational Philosophy and Theory:

The main points discussed in the most cited papers deal with Philosophy of education, Epistemology, Pedagogy, Education theory and Educational research. The published papers focus on Philosophy of education but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Critical theory which is concerned with Critical pedagogy. The journal papers address concerns in Epistemology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Criticism and Discourse analysis.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Epistemology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Epistemology, Philosophy of education, Higher education, China and Aesthetics. Philosophy of education research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Self-concept, Pedagogy, Teaching method, Criticism and Education theory. Educational Philosophy and Theory explores topics in China which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Perspective (graphical) and Public administration.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The University went to ‘decolonise’ and all they brought back was lousy diversity double-speak! Critical race counter-stories from faculty of colour in ‘decolonial’ times. (19 citations)
  • Artificial intelligence for education: Knowledge and its assessment in AI-enabled learning ecologies (19 citations)
  • Proposal for a New Talent Concept Based on Socioformation. (16 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Educational Philosophy and Theory (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael A. Peters (214 papers) published 39 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Liz Jackson (36 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Marek Tesar (36 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tina Besley (29 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Georgina Stewart (26 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Educational Philosophy and Theory (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Beijing Normal University (150 papers) published 53 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Auckland (121 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Waikato (92 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Auckland University of Technology (57 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sydney (55 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 9.39% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.98% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.15% of all publications and 47.41% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Professional Requirements and Career Path in Related Fields

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Top Publications

  • Artificial intelligence for education: Knowledge and its assessment in AI-enabled learning ecologies

    Bill Cope;Mary Kalantzis;Duane Searsmith

    (2021)
    413 Citations
  • Reimagining the new pedagogical possibilities for universities post-Covid-19: An EPAT Collective Project

    Michael A. Peters;Fazal Rizvi;Gary Mcculloch;Paul Gibbs

    (2020)
    293 Citations
  • Viral modernity? epidemics, infodemics, and the ‘bioinformational’ paradigm

    Michael A. Peters;Petar Jandrić;Peter McLaren

    (2020)
    116 Citations
  • From “education for sustainable development” to “education for the end of the world as we know it”

    Sharon Stein;Vanessa Andreotti;Rene Suša;Cash Ahenakew

    (2020)
    113 Citations
  • AI and the future of humanity: ChatGPT-4, philosophy and education – Critical responses

    (2023)
    107 Citations
  • Postdigital-biodigital: An emerging configuration

    Michael A. Peters;Petar Jandrić;Sarah Hayes

    (2021)
    67 Citations
  • Digital trade, digital economy and the digital economy partnership agreement (DEPA)

    (2023)
    49 Citations
  • Beyond curriculum: Groundwork for a non-instrumental theory of education

    Deborah Osberg;Gert Biesta

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • The future of critical pedagogy

    Peter Mclaren

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Philosophy of Education in a New Key: exploring new ways of teaching and doing ethics in education in the 21st century

    Rachel Anne Buchanan;Daniella Jasmin Forster;Samuel Douglas;Sonal Nakar

    (2021)
    44 Citations

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