--- title: "International Journal of STEM Education: citation impact" description: "International Journal of STEM Education has a 2-year mean citedness of 13.79 and an h-index of 99 in OpenAlex, #8 of 27 tracked higher education and research journals by citedness. In 2025 it published 69 papers, and its papers received 7,313 citations." url: https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-stem-education markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-stem-education.md license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) share_text: "International Journal of STEM Education has a 2-year mean citedness of 13.79 and an h-index of 99 in OpenAlex, #8 of 27 tracked higher education and research journals by citedness. (as of 2026-11-03)" data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json updated: 2026-11-03T18:03:37+09:00 window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03 source: OpenAlex (CC0) --- # International Journal of STEM Education - 0 papers in the last 7 days - category: Higher Education and Research - publisher: Springer Science+Business Media - ISSN 2196-7822 - Journal website: https://stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com - ISSN portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2196-7822 - OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/S2738571837 Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md Rankings of Higher Education and Research: [Higher Education and Research dashboard](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Higher Education and Research journal rankings by citations](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Top higher education and research institutions, 2023–2025](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Top funders of higher education and research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/funders/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Companies in higher education and research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/companies/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Open access in higher education and research journals](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Top Higher Education and Research conferences](https://scholar4ai.com/proceedings/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) ## Key findings - International Journal of STEM Education has a 2-year mean citedness of 13.79 and an h-index of 99 in OpenAlex, #8 of 27 tracked higher education and research journals by citedness. - In 2025 it published 69 papers, and its papers received 7,313 citations. - International Journal of STEM Education published 5 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #211 of 480 journals. - Leading institutions: Texas A&M University (2), Colorado School of Mines (1) and University of Michigan (1). - Countries: United States (3), Hong Kong (1) and Sweden (1). - From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, International Journal of STEM Education published 5 papers (0 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex). - Its most frequent keywords over that period were “AI literacy” (2), “STEM education” (2) and “generative AI” (2). ## Citation metrics *Citation metrics (OpenAlex)* | Metric | Value | |---|---:| | 2-year mean citedness | 13.79 | | h-index | 99 | | i10-index | 486 | | Papers in OpenAlex | 644 | | Citations in OpenAlex | 37,868 | | Rank among tracked higher education and research journals | [#8 of 27](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/higher-education-and-research.md) | *Papers per year and the citations the journal's papers received that year (OpenAlex)* | Year | Papers | Citations received | |---|---:|---:| | 2026 (so far) | 65 | 6,844 | | 2025 | 69 | 7,313 | | 2024 | 61 | 7,171 | | 2023 | 69 | 5,523 | | 2022 | 73 | 4,436 | | 2021 | 59 | 2,951 | | 2020 | 59 | 1,928 | | 2019 | 44 | 921 | | 2018 | 56 | 420 | | 2017 | 34 | 227 | | 2016 | 20 | 86 | 2-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's count of citations per paper a journal published in the two previous years, an open counterpart to the journal impact factor (which counts only Web of Science citations); the h-index and i10-index cover all its papers. The figures come from OpenAlex (CC0) and are read again monthly. Official metrics such as the Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate) and CiteScore (Scopus) are licensed by their owners and not copied here; the publisher shows them on the journal's website. Journal website: https://stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com ## The last 36 months *Papers by publication date, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026* | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months | |---:|---:|---:|---:| | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | *Most frequent keywords, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026* | # | Keyword | Papers | |---:|---|---:| | 1 | AI literacy | 2 | | 2 | STEM education | 2 | | 3 | [generative AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/generative-ai.md) | 2 | | 4 | AI as learning partner | 1 | | 5 | [AI ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/ai-ethics.md) | 1 | | 6 | AI in teaching and learning | 1 | | 7 | AI literacy framework | 1 | | 8 | Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism | 1 | | 9 | SAMR framework | 1 | | 10 | STEM education research | 1 | *Papers, newest first.* | Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2026-10-22 | [Internationalizing STEM education as a distinct and globally established field of scholarship](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00654-7) | [International Journal of STEM Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-stem-education.md) | Yeping Li | Texas A&M University | | 2026-10-21 | [Modeling STEM persistence in college: the mediating roles of academic preparation and academic behaviors for students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00639-6) | [International Journal of STEM Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-stem-education.md) | Xiaping Li, Nolgie Oquendo-Colón, Cynthia Finelli et al. | University of Michigan; Colorado School of Mines | | 2026-10-14 | [AI literacy and STEM education: emerging frontiers and research priorities](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00653-8) | [International Journal of STEM Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-stem-education.md) | Jonas Hällström, Thomas K. F. Chiu, Meixia Ding et al. | Linköping University; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Temple University; … | | 2026-10-06 | [Student GenAI use under changing institutional policies: a mixed-methods case study in undergraduate physics](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00651-w) | [International Journal of STEM Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-stem-education.md) | Zachery Quince, Emily Kaye Faulconer | Southern Cross University; Monash University | | 2026-10-06 | [From answer machine to collaborative partner: impact of structured generative AI training on scientific problem solving in STEM education](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00652-9) | [International Journal of STEM Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-stem-education.md) | Bingjie Huang, Li Xie, Yamei Liu et al. | Central China Normal University; Southeast University | ## Cite this page Scholar4AI. (2026). International Journal of STEM Education. 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