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Vocations and Learning

NetherlandsEducation (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Q2Ranking
2.2Impact Factor (2025)
39H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.66SJR (2025)
2009-2026Coverage

About Vocations and Learning

Vocations and Learning is a scholarly journal published by Springer Netherlands. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.66 and H-index of 39.

Coverage: 2009-2026. Research categories: Education (Q2).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 2.2 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Editor(s): Stephen Billett PhD; Christian Harteis PhD (Editors-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-03-17. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND
Peer-review processDouble anonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 2490 EUR; 3090 USD; 2190 GBP
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationPortico
Reported submission-to-publication time42 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2024 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

Source: DOAJ journal record. Journal metadata is distributed by DOAJ under CC0. Confirm current fees, tax, eligibility and waiver terms with the publisher.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1874-785X, 1874-7868
ISSN-L1874-785X
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSpringer Science+Business Media
Publisher country codeNL
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex392
Citations recorded in OpenAlex10,678
OpenAlex H-index52
Years represented in OpenAlex2007–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Innovative Education and Learning Practices; Higher Education and Employability; Higher Education Learning Practices; Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior; Education Systems and Policy; Management and Organizational Studies.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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