About Learning Futures and Emerging Technologies
Learning Futures and Emerging Technologies (previously published as On the Horizon until 2025) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal serving as a forward-looking resource for decision-makers, educators, researchers, and practitioners across the public and private sectors. The journal focuses on the transformative potential of emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, and the strategic foresight needed to navigate the shifting landscapes of post-secondary and lifelong learning worldwide.
Submit to this journalSubmission information
Accepted manuscript types and word counts
- Research Paper — up to 8000 words
- Case Study — up to 4000 words
- Practitioner Paper — up to 2000 words
- Feature Article — up to 4000 words
- Editorial — up to 3000 words
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.
There are currently no open calls for papers for this journal. New calls are posted as they become available.
Open access articles
Metrics snapshot
- 2025 Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate)
- 1.6
- 2025 CiteScore (Scopus)
- 3.6
- Downloaded articles in the last 12 months
- 10990
Publication timeline
- Time to first decision
- 78.2 days
- Acceptance to publication
- 61 days
- Acceptance rate
- 25.6%
Editorial information
Editor Emeritus: Emeritus Professor James Morrison, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - USA
Associate Editor: Swetal Sindhvad, i3Development
