About the Journal
Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education focuses on scholarship and practice related to graduate education, including masters and doctoral level, and postdoctoral experiences. The journal publishes scholarly articles from a range of academic disciplines and research methods that represent issues of interest to the international community. These articles provide research findings and implications for scholars, practitioners, and policy makers. Previously published as International Journal for Researcher Development until 2016.
Submission information
Accepted manuscript types and word counts
- Main Section (Research and Theory Papers) — up to 8000 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.
Closes: 30th September 2026
This special issue rethinks graduate research training through a neurodiversity lens, highlighting strengths, inclusive supervision, policy, and technologies to reshape doctoral education for neurodivergent scholars.
Guest editor(s): Diana Tan, Charlotte Brownlow, Inger Mewburn
Closes: 1st November 2026
This special issue emphasizes how racism and racialization are embedded in the processes used to evaluate and confer legitimacy to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Guest editor(s): Aireale J. Rodgers, Julie R. Posselt, Román Liera, Lauren N. Irwin
Open access articles
Metrics snapshot
- 2025 Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate)
- 1.6
- Downloaded articles in the last 12 months
- 43499
Publication timeline
- Time to first decision
- 52.1 days
- Acceptance to publication
- 48 days
- Acceptance rate
- 12%
