International Journal of Learning Technology
- Executive Editor
- Prof. Emeritus Lorna Uden
- ISSN online
- 1741-8119
- ISSN print
- 1477-8386
- 4 issues per year
- Impact factor (Clarivate Analytics) 2025 JIF 0.7 (5 Year Impact Factor 0.6)
- CiteScore 1.2 (2024)
JCI 0.25

IJLT is an international, refereed, scholarly journal providing an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of important ideas, concepts, and exemplars that can deeply influence the role of learning technologies in learning and instruction. This unique and dynamic journal focuses on the epistemological thrust of learning vis-à-vis instruction and the technologies and tools that support the process. IJLT publishes papers related to theoretical foundations, design and implementation, and effectiveness and impact issues related to learning technologies.
IJLT is an Open Access-only journal and article processing charges (APCs) apply.
Topics covered include
- Communities of learners (practice), computer-mediated communication
- [Social] constructivism, computer-supported collaborative learning
- Cognitive tools, intelligent agents, semantic web
- Distributed/intelligent learning/tutoring, multimedia/interactive learning environments
- Virtual reality environments, human-computer interface issues
- Learning objects for personalised learning, building learning communities
- Technology-facilitated learning in complex domains
- Learning technology systems' evaluation, technological standardisation
- Simulation-supported learning/instruction
- Learning technology in education and commerce
- Disciplinary-related inquiry, e.g., learning technologies for science inquiry
- MOOCs, social media and cloud computing in e-learning
- Data analytics and big data in education
- E-learning evaluation and content; e-portfolios
- Smart education; internet of things/technology adoption and diffusion for learning
Objectives
IJLT aims:
- to act as an international forum for discussion of the use and design of technology in learning and instruction
- to foster communication between academics and practitioners
- to promote research on the use of learning technologies
- to encourage a multidisciplinary approach to the advancement of the use and design of technologies in teaching and learning
- to provide a deeper understanding of the nature, theory and practice of learning and instruction
Readership
Researchers and theorists, cognitive scientists, learning technologists, teachers and learners, instructional designers, designers and developers, implementers and evaluators, managers and administrators.
Contents
Papers are invited for IJLT on any of the topics listed below. Suggestions are also welcome for special issues.
IJLT is indexed in:
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Web of Science: Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- ACM Digital Library
- British Education Index (EBSCO)
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
- Educational Research Abstracts Online
- Educators Reference Complete (Gale)
- Ergonomics Abstracts - Ergo-Abs
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Google Scholar
- ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research)
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- io-port (FIZ Karlsruhe)
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
- Research into Higher Education Abstracts
IJLT is listed in:
More journal lists/directories...Executive Editor
- Uden, Lorna, Staffordshire University, UK
(l.udenstaffs.ac.uk)
Associate Editor
- Sullins, Jeremiah, Harding University, USA
Editorial Board Members
- Brandão, Leônidas de Oliveira, University of São Paulo, Brazil
- Champney, Roberto, Louisiana State University, USA
- Ching, Gregory, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, ROC
- Demetriou, Kyriakos, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
- Dorça, Fabiano, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Brazil
- Florjančič, Viktorija, University of Primorska, Slovenia
- Kotsiantis, Sotos, University of Patras, Greece
- Lai, Hui Min, Chienkuo Technology University, Taiwan, ROC
- Lau, Eric Kin Wai, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Moreira, António, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Moreira, Fernando, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
- Papadakis, Stamatios, University of Crete, Greece
- Reinsmith-Jones, Kelley, East Carolina University, USA
- Ruhnau, Britta, BiTS, University of Applied Science, Germany
- Terras, Melody Mary, University of the West of Scotland, UK
- Tselios, Nikolaos, University of Patras, Greece
- Vallance, Michael, Future University Hakodate , Japan
A few essentials for publishing in this journal
- Submitted articles should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
- Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written (more details available here) and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted.
- Briefs and research notes are not published in this journal.
- All our articles go through a double-blind review process.
- All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted article. A full statement of our Ethical Guidelines for Authors (PDF) is available.
- This is an Open Access-only journal. There is an article processing charge of US $1600 to publish in this journal. You can find more information on Open Access here. Authors who have submitted articles prior to 30 June 2025 will still have a choice of publishing as a standard or an Open Access article.
- All articles for this journal must be submitted using our online submissions system.
- View Author guidelines.
Submission process
Journal news
Four Inderscience journals announced as open access-only titles
30 June, 2025
Inderscience's Editorial Office is pleased to announce that the following titles
- International Journal of Applied Management Science
- International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences
- International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services
- International Journal of Learning Technology
are now Open Access-only journals. All accepted articles submitted from 30 June 2025 onwards will be Open Access, and will require an article processing charge of US $1600.
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