Journal of Literacy Research
Last updated ISSN 1086-296X
Journal of Literacy Research is published by SAGE Publishing in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,650.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Literacy Research concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Literacy, Media, and Education
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Education Systems and Policy
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1086-296X, 1554-8430 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,650 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 832 |
| Publishing since | 1996 |
| Journal website | journals.sagepub.com/home/jlr |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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