Educational Research Mini-Series

Health Professions and Science Education Research Journals

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Below is a snapshot of peer-reviewed journals that publish health professions educational research.

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JournalArticle Types

Academic Medicine

Audience: International; Primarily Undergraduate Medical Education

Cost: No required cost; Option for Open Access for fee

Medical Education

Audience: International; Medical Education

Cost: No required cost; Option for Open Access for fee

Medical Teacher

Audience: International; Medical Education

Cost: No required cost; Option for Open Access for fee

  • Original Articles
  • Short Communications
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Twelve Tips
  • New Wave
  • Concepts in Health Professions Education

Teaching and Learning in Medicine 

Audience: International; Health Professions Education with focus on Medical Education 

Cost: No required cost; Option for Open Access for fee 

  • Creative Non-Fiction
  • Critical Perspective
  • Educational Case Report
  • Groundwork
  • Investigation
  • Learners' Evaluation
  • Methods
  • Observation
  • Philosophy in Medical Education
  • State of the Art
  • Traveling Concept
  • Validation

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Audience: All aspects of health sciences education

Cost: No required cost; Option for Open Access for fee

  • Original Article
  • Opinion
  • Review Commentary

MedEdPortal

Audience: Educators in medical education

Cost: No required cost; Open Access without fee

  • Educational Summary Report

BMC Medical Education

Audience: International; healthcare professionals, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education

Cost: Required article-publication charges; Open access journal

Journal of Graduate Medical Education

Audience: Medical educators and researchers interested in Graduate Medical Education (GME)

Cost: No required cost; Open Access without fee

  • Original Research
  • Educational Innovation
  • Brief Report
  • Reviews
  • Perspectives
  • On Teaching (Personal essays about teaching and learning)
  • Letters to the editor
  • New Ideas (Annual Call in the fall)

Medical Education Online

Audience: International; health professions

Cost: Required article-publication charges; Open access journal

  • Research Articles
  • Review Articles
  • Short Communication
  • Rapid Communications
  • Book Reviews
  • Data Notes

*Format-Free Submission

Medical Science Educator

Audience: All who teach in healthcare

Cost: No required cost; Open Access without fee

  • Innovation
  • Short Communications
  • Original Research
  • Monograph
  • Commentary
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Systematic/Scoping Reviews
  • Book Reviews
  • Meeting Report
  • Announcements
  • Health Science Case Studies

The Clinical Teacher

Audience: For clinicians and others who are involved in education in a healthcare setting

Cost: No required cost; Open Access without fee

*Format-Free Submission

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

Audience: Those engaged in medical education practices and development including basic science, clinical, and postgraduate medical education

Cost: Required article-publication charges; Open access journal

  • Commentary
  • Editorial
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Methodology
  • Original Research
  • Perspective
  • Review
  • Short Report

Education for Health

Audience: Health professionals, health professions educators learners, healthcare researchers, policymakers, community leaders and administrators from all over the world.

Cost: No fee for submission but not sure if there is an article publication fee

  • Original Research Papers
  • Brief Communications
  • Practical Advice Papers
  • Position Papers
  • General Articles
  • Student Contributions
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Articles in other specific formats

American Educational Research Journal

Audience: Faculty, researchers, graduate students and other distinguished professionals conducting educational research 

Cost: No required cost; Option for Open Access for fee 

  • Research Article 

AERA Open

Audience: Studies of education and learning in various contexts (early childhood to post-secondary) 

Cost: Required article-publication charges ($500-1,000); Open access journal. There is no charge for submitting a paper to AERA Open. 

  • Regular Topic Articles
  • Special Topic Articles
  • Registered Reports 

Journal of STEM Outreach

Audience: STEM professionals 

Cost: Required article-publication charges ($250-$1,000); Open access journal. There is no charge for submitting a paper to Journal of STEM Outreach. 

  • Research studies
  • Program descriptions
  • Case studies
  • Commentaries/Editorials 

Journal of Applied Research on Science and Technology

Audience: International audience from academia, professionals and industrialists. Basic and applied research on general engineering, materials science, agricultural and biological sciences, computer science and mathematics.  

Cost: Required article-publication charges ($125); Open access journal. There is no charge for submitting a paper to JARST. 

  • Original academic research articles  
  • Review articles 

CBE Life Sciences Education

Audience: Cell biology education researchers 

Cost: Required article-publication charges ($2,100); Open access journal. There is no charge for submitting a paper to CBE Life Sciences Education. 

  • Articles
  • Essays
  • Meeting Reports
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Features
  • Announcements 

Health Education

Audience: Focus on health education and health promotion research, policy development and practice. Does not review papers on aspects of medical, nurse or paramedical education, nor do they accept papers which focus on knowledge, perceptions, opinions or behaviours (without a health education focus) in relation to specific public health issues. 

Cost: No required cost; Option for Open Access for fee 

  • Research Articles
  • Discussion Papers 

Science Education

Audience: International audience; focus on science curriculum, instruction, learning, policy and preparation of science teachers with the aim to advance our knowledge of science education theory and practice. 

Cost: No required cost; Option for Open Access for fee 

  • Original articles
  • Research Article
  • Comment
  • Issues
  • Policy Paper 

International Journal of Science Education

Audience: International audience focused on the teaching and learning of science in school settings ranging from early childhood to university education. 

Cost: No required cost; Option for Open Access for fee 

  • Research article 

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Cost: $75 per published page for non members 

  • Articles
  • Comments and Criticism 

International Journal of STEM Education

Audience: Multidisciplinary journal in subject-content education that focuses on the study of teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). 

Cost: Required article-publication charges ($1000+); Open access journal 

  • Research Articles
  • Commentaries
  • Reviews 

Journal for STEM Education Research

Audience: Interdisciplinary journal in subject content education focusing on research in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. 

Cost: No required cost; Option for Open Access for fee 

  • Research articles
  • Research review
  • Research brief
  • Book review 

Journal of STEM Education

Audience: Educators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education 

Cost: The fee for the first ten (10) pages plus the author biographies is $495.  Each additional page is US $45. 

  • Research Articles  
  • Case Studies