Computers & Education
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Key findings#
- Computers & Education has a 2-year mean citedness of 16.03 and an h-index of 325 in OpenAlex, #5 of 27 tracked higher education and research journals by citedness.
- In 2025 it published 204 papers, and its papers received 42,323 citations.
- Computers & Education published 10 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #106 of 480 journals.
- Leading institutions: Hubei University of Technology (1), Shanxi Normal University (1) and Education University of Hong Kong (1).
- Countries: United States (4), China (3) and Hong Kong (2).
- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, Computers & Education published 10 papers (0 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “computational thinking” (2), “generative AI” (2) and “AI adoption in education” (1).
Citation metrics# Higher Education and Research journals →
20162025
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| 2-year mean citedness | 16.03 |
| h-index | 325 |
| i10-index | 4,389 |
| Papers in OpenAlex | 7,210 |
| Citations in OpenAlex | 546,749 |
| Rank among tracked higher education and research journals | #5 of 27 |
| Year | Papers | Citations received |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 144 | 33,333 |
| 2025 | 204 | 42,323 |
| 2024 | 143 | 48,378 |
| 2023 | 158 | 53,262 |
| 2022 | 191 | 51,955 |
| 2021 | 207 | 48,263 |
| 2020 | 220 | 39,752 |
| 2019 | 260 | 34,191 |
| 2018 | 250 | 28,098 |
| 2017 | 190 | 23,224 |
| 2016 | 163 | 23,393 |
The last 36 months#
Nov 23Oct 26
| Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | computational thinking | 2 |
| 2 | generative AI | 2 |
| 3 | AI adoption in education | 1 |
| 4 | AI-assisted writing | 1 |
| 5 | STEM undergraduates | 1 |
| 6 | TALIS | 1 |
| 7 | academic stress | 1 |
| 8 | affective bonds | 1 |
| 9 | affective computing | 1 |
| 10 | affective resonance | 1 |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Computers & Education. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-education
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title = {Computers & Education},
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note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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