Welcome to JLS
Visit this page for news, resources for reviewing and writing at JLS, and information about ways to engage with articles once they’re published.
JLS Co-Editors in Chief
JLS by the Numbers
- 2024 Impact Factor 3.9
- 5-Year Impact Factor 5.8
- Rank 125 out of 1597 journals on education indexed by Scimago
- Acceptance rate 5% in 2024
JLS News
2024 Outstanding Article of the Year
Constructing shared understanding of complex interdisciplinary problems: Epistemic games in interdisciplinary teamwork.
This article, authored by Natasha Arthas, Lina Markauskaite, and Peter Goodyear, received the outstanding article of the year from the Journal of the Learning Sciences. As the selection committee comments, “we were particularly impressed by [the article’s] original integration of the Epistemic Games framework with an ecological analytical perspective on interdisciplinarity…and the way it illuminates the complex process of building shared understanding in interdisciplinary teams.
View the article: https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2024.2341390
Pause in New JLS Special Issues
In light of our updated journal aims and scope, we are currently reconsidering our process of soliciting and editing special issues. Expect a revised process around Special Issues by the end of summer 2025.
JLS Volume 33 Issue 4-5 (2024) is in print and online
JLS Volume 33, Issue 4-5 is available now, check out the articles:
Douglas B. Clark, David Scott, Joshua P. DiPasquale & Sandra Becker
Wisam Sedawi & Angela Calabrese Barton
3. Tools and materials as non-neutral actors in STEAM education
Kylie Peppler & Naomi Thompson
Wenli Chen, Qianru Lyu & Junzhu Su
5. “I can be the weird STEM kid who is also gay”: Queer rightful presence in STEM making
Colby Tofel-Grehl, Andrea M. Hawkman, David Frank Feldon, Mario I. Suárez, Beth M. MacDonald & Kristin Searle
Read them all at: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hlns20/33/4-5?nav=tocList
2024 Outstanding Article of the Year
Constructing shared understanding of complex interdisciplinary problems: Epistemic games in interdisciplinary teamwork. This article, authored by Natasha Arthas, Lina Markauskaite, and Peter Goodyear, received the outstanding article of the year from the Journal of the Learning Sciences. As the selection committee comments, “we were particularly impressed by [the article’s] original…
Pause in New JLS Special Issues
In light of our updated journal aims and scope, we are currently reconsidering our process of soliciting and editing special issues. Expect a revised process around Special Issues by the end of summer 2025.
JLS Volume 33 Issue 4-5 (2024) is in print and online
JLS Volume 33, Issue 4-5 is available now, check out the articles: 1. Reframing design in education: Proposing a framework to support pre-service teachers in adopting designerly stances Douglas B. Clark, David Scott, Joshua P. DiPasquale & Sandra Becker 2. Toward epistemic justice in socio-scientific decision-making: How youth make sense…
JLS Featured Article
2024 Outstanding Article of the Year
Constructing shared understanding of complex interdisciplinary problems: Epistemic games in interdisciplinary teamwork.
This article, authored by Natasha Arthas, Lina Markauskaite, and Peter Goodyear, received the outstanding article of the year from the Journal of the Learning Sciences. As the selection committee comments, “we were particularly impressed by [the article’s] original integration of the Epistemic Games framework with an ecological analytical perspective on interdisciplinarity…and the way it illuminates the complex process of building shared understanding in interdisciplinary teams.
View the article: https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2024.2341390
Call for Manuscripts
The scope of JLS and instructions for authors are explained at the publisher’s website at https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hlns20/current.
Here we mention 3 areas specific areas where we currently would like to see more submissions:
- Articles that help the field understand how learning-sciences research can better impact policy and practice. Please see the open-access guest editorial by Susan McKenney for a detailed call.
- Reports and Reflections: These are short articles of 4000 to 6000 words that aim to stir up debate and support the development of the field. We are interested in articles that help to make connections to other fields, methodological papers, and many more topics.
- Articles that enhance the international reach of JLS. Articles from regions that are relatively new to the learning sciences.
Resources
Reviewers Explain the Review Process at JLS
Both reviewing and making use of reviews are important aspects of being an academic. In this video series we interviewed experienced learning scientists about their reviewing. If you’re a new reviewer view these videos to learn about the reviewing culture at JLS. If you’re already experienced, pick up a few new ideas.
Topics include why scholars decide to review, how they approach the task, the key issues that go into their recommendations, communicating with authors, and tips for new reviewers.
Preparing your manuscript
- NEW! Changes to APA style: From May 2020, all new manuscripts are required to follow APA style 7th edition. There are many changes to referencing and style. View this video from Scribbr to get up to speed.
- NEW! Writing the structured abstract: View our Resources page to understand why this strategy was introduced how how to use it effectively.
After your article is published
JLS uses two strategies to promote your newly published article. These strategies are:
Video Introductions: A video intro is a 3 minute video to summarize the key contributions of your article.
Webinars: A webinar is an online seminar in which you discuss your article with interested audiences.
