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Major Journals

A List of Major Journals in the Field

The following is a list of the major journals in the field of adult learning and leadership.  You can download a PDF version (here).

Title of Journal
(or Proceedings)
Length of
Submission
Acceptance
Rate
(%)
Area of Focus
(Cabel)
Academic Exchange Quarterly
2000-3000
25
Curriculum/Method
Academic Leadership Journal

45
Psychology/Admin
Academy of Educational Leadership Journal
25
Curriculum/Method
Academy of Management Learning & Education

Practice Application
Academy of Management Review

Organizational Theory
Action Learning: Research and Practice
19
Curriculum/Method
Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal
33
Curriculum/Method
Adult Education Quarterly

Practice Application
Adult Learning
50
Psychology/Admin
Advances in Developing Human Resources

Practice Application
American Education Research Conference Proceedings
 


American Educational Research Journal
13
Psychology/Admin
American Institute of Higher Education Conference Proceedings


American Journal of Education 
9
Psychology/Admin
American Journal of Educational Studies
35
Curriculum/Method
ASHE Higher Education Report Series
50
Psychology/Admin
California Management Review


Canadian Journal of Higher Education
21-30
Curriculum/Method
Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education
75
Curriculum/Method
Career and Technical Education Research
19
Curriculum/Method
Career Development Quarterly
21-30
Psychology/Admin
Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning
10
Psychology/Admin
Coaching: Int'l Journal of Theory, Research, & Practice (UK)

Curriculum/Method
College & University
50
Psychology/Admin
College Quarterly (CAN)
90
Psychology/Admin
College Student Affairs Journal
20
Psychology/Admin
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
70
Psychology/Admin
Contemporary Issues in Education Research
11-20%
Curriculum/Method
Continuing Higher Education Review
10
Psychology/Admin
Critical Studies in Education (AUS)
16
Curriculum/Method
Current Issues in Education
30
Psychology/Admin
Daedalus



National Journal for Publishing and Mentoring Doctoral Research
15
Psychology/Admin
Education and Culture
30
Curriculum/Method
Education and Urban Society
25
Psychology/Admin
Education Review
90
Curriculum/Method
Educational Administration Quarterly
6-10%
Psychology/Admin
Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis

Psychology/Admin
Educational Forum
29
Psychology/Admin
Educational Gerontology
21-30
Psychology/Admin
Educational Leadership


Educational Philosophy and Theory (NZ)
74
Curriculum/Method
Educational Policy
13
Psychology/Admin
Educational Researcher
6-10%
Curriculum/Method
Educational Review (UK)
20
Curriculum/Method
Educational Studies
11-20%
Psychology/Admin
Equity & Excellence in Education
20
Curriculum/Method
Focus on Colleges, Universities, and Schools-Elective
5-20 pages
15
Psychology/Admin
Global Strategy Journal


Harvard Educational Review
5
Curriculum/Method
Human Resource Development International

Practice Application
Human Resource Development Quarterly

Practice Application
Human Resource Development Review

Practice Application
Illinois Schools Journal
11-20%
Curriculum/Method
InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies
11-20%
Psychology/Admin
International Consortium of Experiential Learning



International Education
30
Curriculum/Method
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
17
Curriculum/Method
International Journal of Doctoral Studies
6-10%
Curriculum/Method
International Journal of Education Research
15
Curriculum/Method
International Journal of Educational Reform

30
Psychology/Admin
International Journal of Educational Research

Curriculum/Method
International Journal of Leadership in Education
25
Psychology/Admin
International Journal of Learning
50
Curriculum/Method
International Journal of Lifelong Education (UK)
21-30
Psychology/Admin
International Journal of Management, Business, and Administration
5-20 pages
15
Psychology/Admin
International Journal of Multicultural Education
16
Curriculum/Method
International Journal of Self-Directed Learning

Curriculum/Method
International Journal of Urban Educational Leadership

80
Psychology/Admin
Int'l Journal of Scholarly Academic Intellectual Diversity

15
Curriculum/Method
Journal for the Advancement of Educational Research
53
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Adult Development
30
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science



Journal of Business and Training Education
30
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Career and Technical Education
35
Curriculum/Method
Journal of Career Assessment
40
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Career Development
25
Psychology/Admin
Journal of College and Character

Psychology/Admin
Journal of College Student Development
8
Psychology/Admin
Journal of College Teaching and Learning
11-20%
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Continuing Higher Education
60
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Cooperative Education and Internships
50
Curriculum/Method
Journal of Diversity Management


Journal of Education and Work (UK)
21-30
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Statisical Method
Journal of Educational Foundations
18
Curriculum/Method
Journal of Educators Online
10-20%
Technology
Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research in Policy Studies
90
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Entrepreneurship Education
25
Curriculum/Method
Journal of Experiential Education (CAN)
21-25
Curriculum/Method
Journal of Faculty Development
28
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Higher Education  
8
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement


Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
20
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Human Resource and Adult Learning
40
Curriculum/Method
Journal of Interactive Learning Research
30 page max

Psychology/Admin
Journal of International Education and Leadership

Psychology/Admin
Journal of Language, Identity, and Education
21-30
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Learning in Higher Education
11-20%
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Management Development


Journal of Marketing for Higher Education
15
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Negro Education
21-30
Curriculum/Method
Journal of Research in Education
18-22
Curriculum/Method
Journal of Teaching and Learning
30
Curriculum/Method
Journal of the Professoriate 
37
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Transformative Education
21-30
Psychology/Admin
Journal of Workplace Learning


Journal of World Business


Management Learning


Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnerships in Learning
20
Curriculum/Method
Metropolitan Universities Journal


Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional    Leaders
15
Psychology/Admin
National Forum of Applied Educational Research Journal
5-20 pages
15
Curriculum/Method
New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
23
Curriculum/Method
Open Learning: Journal of Open and Distance Learning (UK)
21-30
Curriculum/Method
Organization Development Network Publications



People & Strategy


Performance Improvement Quarterly


Perspectives: The New York Journal of Adult Learning
35
Psychology/Admin
Planning for Higher Education

50
Psychology/Admin
Prospects-UNESCO Quarterly Review of Comparative Education

Curriculum/Method
Race, Ethnicity and Education (UK)
6-10%
Psychology/Admin
Reflections: Society for Organizational Learning Journal


Review of Educational Research
6-10%
Curriculum/Method
Review of Higher Education
6-10%
Curriculum/Method
Review of Higher Education and Self Learning

30-35
Psychology/Admin
Review of Research in Education

Curriculum/Method
Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly

30
Curriculum/Method
Sloan Management Review



Social Science Research Council Publications



Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal


Strategic Management Journal


Studies in Philosophy and Education (Neth)
40
Psychology/Admin
Systemic Practice and Action Research


Teachers College Record
8
Curriculum/Method
Teaching Philosophy
35
Curriculum/Method
The Council for Adult & Experiential Learning



The Learning Organization


The Urban Review
6-10%
Curriculum/Method
Theory into Practice


Transformative Learning Conference Proceedings