The 2025 impact factor for Higher Education Research & Development is 2.9. The 5-year impact factor is 3.7. The journal is listed as JCR Q1 in the current Journal Metrics dataset.
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Ranked #1,336 in Social Sciences by impact factor and #1,172 among Q1 Social Sciences journals. This context helps compare Higher Education Research & Development against journals publishing in the same field.
Published 544 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 2.9.
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