Distance Education

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SCImago
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Impact factor
3.7
SJR
1.697
CiteScore
10.7
Categories
Education
E-learning
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1980-2025
journal names
Distance Education
DISTANCE EDUC
Publications
1 293
Citations
20 998
h-index
67
Top-3 organizations
Athabasca University
Athabasca University (19 publications)
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (18 publications)
Florida State University
Florida State University (17 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (240 publications)
Australia (98 publications)
United Kingdom (80 publications)

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USA, 240, 18.56%
Australia, 98, 7.58%
United Kingdom, 80, 6.19%
Canada, 61, 4.72%
China, 47, 3.63%
South Africa, 32, 2.47%
New Zealand, 30, 2.32%
Spain, 21, 1.62%
Republic of Korea, 16, 1.24%
Germany, 13, 1.01%
Turkey, 11, 0.85%
Netherlands, 9, 0.7%
India, 7, 0.54%
Italy, 5, 0.39%
Ireland, 4, 0.31%
Indonesia, 3, 0.23%
Kenya, 3, 0.23%
Mexico, 3, 0.23%
Norway, 3, 0.23%
UAE, 3, 0.23%
Fiji, 3, 0.23%
Switzerland, 3, 0.23%
Sri Lanka, 3, 0.23%
Russia, 2, 0.15%
France, 2, 0.15%
Portugal, 2, 0.15%
Vietnam, 2, 0.15%
Israel, 2, 0.15%
Cambodia, 2, 0.15%
Cyprus, 2, 0.15%
Mongolia, 2, 0.15%
Nepal, 2, 0.15%
Trinidad and Tobago, 2, 0.15%
Philippines, 2, 0.15%
Sweden, 2, 0.15%
Japan, 2, 0.15%
Austria, 1, 0.08%
Botswana, 1, 0.08%
Brazil, 1, 0.08%
Bhutan, 1, 0.08%
Denmark, 1, 0.08%
Zambia, 1, 0.08%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.08%
Iran, 1, 0.08%
Cape Verde, 1, 0.08%
Qatar, 1, 0.08%
Mozambique, 1, 0.08%
Nigeria, 1, 0.08%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.08%
Singapore, 1, 0.08%
Thailand, 1, 0.08%
Tanzania, 1, 0.08%
Uganda, 1, 0.08%
Finland, 1, 0.08%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.08%
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USA, 87, 39.01%
China, 27, 12.11%
United Kingdom, 25, 11.21%
Australia, 20, 8.97%
Canada, 13, 5.83%
Spain, 9, 4.04%
Republic of Korea, 8, 3.59%
Turkey, 7, 3.14%
New Zealand, 6, 2.69%
Germany, 4, 1.79%
Netherlands, 3, 1.35%
South Africa, 3, 1.35%
Ireland, 2, 0.9%
Mexico, 2, 0.9%
Nepal, 2, 0.9%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.9%
Russia, 1, 0.45%
Portugal, 1, 0.45%
Brazil, 1, 0.45%
Denmark, 1, 0.45%
Israel, 1, 0.45%
India, 1, 0.45%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.45%
Thailand, 1, 0.45%
Fiji, 1, 0.45%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.45%
Sweden, 1, 0.45%
Japan, 1, 0.45%
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