--- title: "Smart Learning Environments: impact and top papers" description: "Smart Learning Environments has a 2-year mean citedness of 31.09 and an h-index of 78 in OpenAlex, #3 of 27 tracked higher education and research journals by citedness. In 2025 it published 71 papers, and its papers received 6,886 citations." url: https://scholar4ai.com/journals/smart-learning-environments markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/journals/smart-learning-environments.md license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) share_text: "Smart Learning Environments has a 2-year mean citedness of 31.09 and an h-index of 78 in OpenAlex, #3 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) --- # Smart Learning Environments - 1 paper in the last 7 days - category: Higher Education and Research - publisher: Springer Nature - ISSN 2196-7091 - Journal website: https://slejournal.springeropen.com - ISSN portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2196-7091 - OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/S2494786546 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 - Smart Learning Environments has a 2-year mean citedness of 31.09 and an h-index of 78 in OpenAlex, #3 of 27 tracked higher education and research journals by citedness. - In 2025 it published 71 papers, and its papers received 6,886 citations. - Smart Learning Environments published 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #250 of 480 journals. - Leading institutions: University of Craiova (1), Halmstad University (1) and Northwest Minzu University (1). - Countries: Romania (1), Sweden (1) and China (1). - From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, Smart Learning Environments published 4 papers (0 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex). - Its most frequent keywords over that period were “educational equity” (2), “AI chatbots” (1) and “AI governance” (1). ## Citation metrics *Citation metrics (OpenAlex)* | Metric | Value | |---|---:| | 2-year mean citedness | 31.09 | | h-index | 78 | | i10-index | 319 | | Papers in OpenAlex | 470 | | Citations in OpenAlex | 29,406 | | Rank among tracked higher education and research journals | [#3 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) | 49 | 7,229 | | 2025 | 71 | 6,886 | | 2024 | 63 | 5,385 | | 2023 | 67 | 3,815 | | 2022 | 39 | 2,019 | | 2021 | 36 | 1,623 | | 2020 | 36 | 992 | | 2019 | 29 | 574 | | 2018 | 30 | 385 | | 2017 | 10 | 224 | | 2016 | 17 | 182 | 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://slejournal.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 | 4 | 4 | *Most frequent keywords, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026* | # | Keyword | Papers | |---:|---|---:| | 1 | educational equity | 2 | | 2 | AI chatbots | 1 | | 3 | AI governance | 1 | | 4 | AI literacy | 1 | | 5 | AI responsibility | 1 | | 6 | AI-generated content | 1 | | 7 | AI-mediated learning | 1 | | 8 | [ChatGPT](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chatgpt.md) | 1 | | 9 | K-12 education | 1 | | 10 | [Sustainable Development Goals](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development-goals.md) | 1 | *Papers, newest first.* | Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2026-10-31 | [Exploring student and teacher perspectives on critical thinking with generative AI: early insights from the EduPartnerAI platform](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-026-00475-9) | [Smart Learning Environments](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/smart-learning-environments.md) | Stefania-Carmen Dobre, Elvira Popescu | University of Craiova | | 2026-10-24 | [Student epistemic agency in AI-mediated practices](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-026-00464-y) | [Smart Learning Environments](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/smart-learning-environments.md) | Nina Bergdahl | Halmstad University | | 2026-10-17 | [Comparative analysis of students’ learning satisfaction and gains: special blended synchronous versus traditional classrooms in rural schools](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-026-00470-0) | [Smart Learning Environments](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/smart-learning-environments.md) | Xiaoxia Li, Wanxia Zhu | Northwest Minzu University | | 2026-10-07 | [Bridging skills gaps: how micro-credentials reshape sustainable development learning in higher education](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-026-00471-z) | [Smart Learning Environments](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/smart-learning-environments.md) | Walter Leal Filho, Eundeok Kim, Mahsa Mapar et al. | Manchester Metropolitan University; HAW Hamburg; Florida State University; … | ## Cite this page Scholar4AI. (2026). Smart Learning Environments. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/smart-learning-environments ```bibtex @misc{scholar4ai-journals-smart-learning-environments, author = {{Scholar4AI}}, title = {Smart Learning Environments}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/journals/smart-learning-environments}}, urldate = {2026-11-03}, note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0} } ``` License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).