The Journal of General Education
Last updated ISSN 0021-3667
The Journal of General Education is published by Penn State University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of General Education concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Online and Blended Learning
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Innovative Teaching Methods
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
Key facts
| Publisher | Penn State University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0021-3667, 1527-2060 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 963 |
| Publishing since | 1999 |
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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