About the International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies
The first journal of its kind, the International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies publishes lesson and learning studies that are pedagogically aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning in formal educational settings.
These studies may take the form of action research, design experiments, formative evaluations or pedagogical research more generally that is designed to foster a democratic, discursive and action orientated inquiry process.
The editorial objective of the journal is to promote interdisciplinary and cross-national collaboration between groups of teacher educators, educational researchers and schoolteachers.
Submission information
Accepted manuscript types and word counts
- Poster — up to 9000 words
- Research Paper
- Theoretical Resources for Lesson and Learning Studies
- Review Article
- Book Review
- Editorial
- Discussion
Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.
Reference style
Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.
Keywords
Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.
Peer review type
Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.
Open access options
This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.
Accepted languages
This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.
Accepted submission files
Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.
Closes: 30th November 2026
This special issue aims to further theorise facilitation in lesson and learning study through coaching and mentoring approaches while also advancing knowledge through the exemplification of practice.
Guest editor(s): James Calleja, John Mynott, Daryl Michel, Vincent Andrew
Open access articles
Metrics snapshot
- 2025 Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate)
- 1
- Downloaded articles in the last 12 months
- 72864
Publication timeline
- Time to first decision
- 17.5 days
- Acceptance to publication
- 38 days
- Acceptance rate
- 9.4%
