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Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

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SCImago
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WOS
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Impact factor
3.1
SJR
0.753
CiteScore
4.5
Categories
Education
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2009-2025
journal names
Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
EMPIR RES VOCAT EDUC
Publications
244
Citations
2 047
h-index
22
Publications
116
Citations
1 554
Top-3 organizations
University of Zurich
University of Zurich (14 publications)
University of Göttingen
University of Göttingen (13 publications)
University of Mannheim
University of Mannheim (12 publications)
University of Göttingen
University of Göttingen (8 publications)
University of Hohenheim
University of Hohenheim (8 publications)
University of Mannheim
University of Mannheim (8 publications)
Top-3 countries
Germany (96 publications)
Switzerland (44 publications)
Netherlands (13 publications)
Germany (34 publications)
Switzerland (10 publications)
Australia (5 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
220 citations, 10.75%
Vocations and Learning
81 citations, 3.96%
Journal of Vocational Education and Training
64 citations, 3.13%
Frontiers in Education
36 citations, 1.76%
Education and Training
32 citations, 1.56%
Frontiers in Psychology
29 citations, 1.42%
AIP Conference Proceedings
29 citations, 1.42%
Education Sciences
27 citations, 1.32%
Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft
26 citations, 1.27%
Professional and Practice-based Learning
22 citations, 1.07%
International Journal of Training and Development
21 citations, 1.03%
Cogent Education
21 citations, 1.03%
Teaching and Teacher Education
21 citations, 1.03%
Journal of Education and Work
18 citations, 0.88%
Citizenship, Social and Economics Education
14 citations, 0.68%
Sustainability
14 citations, 0.68%
SSRN Electronic Journal
13 citations, 0.64%
International Journal of Training Research
12 citations, 0.59%
PLoS ONE
11 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
10 citations, 0.49%
Education and Information Technologies
10 citations, 0.49%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
10 citations, 0.49%
Journal for Labour Market Research
9 citations, 0.44%
Essays on Contemporary Psychometrics
9 citations, 0.44%
Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
8 citations, 0.39%
SAGE Open
8 citations, 0.39%
Unterrichtswissenschaft
8 citations, 0.39%
European Sociological Review
8 citations, 0.39%
Research in Comparative and International Education
8 citations, 0.39%
Labour Economics
7 citations, 0.34%
Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
7 citations, 0.34%
International Journal of Educational Research
7 citations, 0.34%
Social Sciences
7 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Workplace Learning
7 citations, 0.34%
IZA Journal of Labor Policy
7 citations, 0.34%
School Leadership Effects Revisited
7 citations, 0.34%
International Journal of Educational Development
6 citations, 0.29%
International Journal of Manpower
6 citations, 0.29%
Technology, Knowledge and Learning
6 citations, 0.29%
International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
6 citations, 0.29%
Heliyon
6 citations, 0.29%
European Journal of Psychology of Education
6 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Risk and Financial Management
6 citations, 0.29%
Formation Emploi
5 citations, 0.24%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
5 citations, 0.24%
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
5 citations, 0.24%
Educational Review
5 citations, 0.24%
Social Indicators Research
5 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Curriculum Studies
5 citations, 0.24%
International Journal of Comparative Sociology
5 citations, 0.24%
Zeitschrift fur Padagogische Psychologie
5 citations, 0.24%
Computers and Education
5 citations, 0.24%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
5 citations, 0.24%
Interchange
5 citations, 0.24%
Studies in Educational Evaluation
5 citations, 0.24%
Social Science Research
5 citations, 0.24%
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
5 citations, 0.24%
Learning and Instruction
5 citations, 0.24%
Societies
5 citations, 0.24%
Social Sciences & Humanities Open
5 citations, 0.24%
Handbook of the Economics of Education
5 citations, 0.24%
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
4 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
4 citations, 0.2%
European Journal of Training and Development
4 citations, 0.2%
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education
4 citations, 0.2%
Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
4 citations, 0.2%
Studies in Continuing Education
4 citations, 0.2%
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal of International Education in Business
4 citations, 0.2%
Work, Employment and Society
4 citations, 0.2%
BMC Medical Education
4 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Educational Management
4 citations, 0.2%
Acta Psychologica
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Adolescence
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Adult and Continuing Education
4 citations, 0.2%
British Journal of Educational Psychology
4 citations, 0.2%
British Journal of Industrial Relations
4 citations, 0.2%
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
4 citations, 0.2%
Small Business Economics
4 citations, 0.2%
Research in Post-Compulsory Education
4 citations, 0.2%
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
4 citations, 0.2%
Economics of Education Review
4 citations, 0.2%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
4 citations, 0.2%
SN Social Sciences
4 citations, 0.2%
Swiss Journal of Sociology
4 citations, 0.2%
Second International Handbook of Mathematics Education
4 citations, 0.2%
Éducation et socialisation
4 citations, 0.2%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
4 citations, 0.2%
Smart Pedagogy of Game-based Learning
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Youth Studies
3 citations, 0.15%
British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
3 citations, 0.15%
Zeitschrift fur Soziologie
3 citations, 0.15%
Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology
3 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
3 citations, 0.15%
Labour
3 citations, 0.15%
Studies in Higher Education
3 citations, 0.15%
ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education
3 citations, 0.15%
Mathematics
3 citations, 0.15%
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Citing publishers

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Springer Nature
690 citations, 33.71%
Taylor & Francis
269 citations, 13.14%
Elsevier
176 citations, 8.6%
Emerald
111 citations, 5.42%
MDPI
96 citations, 4.69%
Wiley
93 citations, 4.54%
SAGE
86 citations, 4.2%
Frontiers Media S.A.
72 citations, 3.52%
IGI Global
35 citations, 1.71%
AIP Publishing
29 citations, 1.42%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
28 citations, 1.37%
Walter de Gruyter
22 citations, 1.07%
Oxford University Press
17 citations, 0.83%
IOP Publishing
15 citations, 0.73%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
12 citations, 0.59%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
11 citations, 0.54%
OpenEdition
8 citations, 0.39%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
7 citations, 0.34%
AOSIS
6 citations, 0.29%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
6 citations, 0.29%
Cambridge University Press
5 citations, 0.24%
EDP Sciences
5 citations, 0.24%
Verlag Hans Huber AG
5 citations, 0.24%
Brill
3 citations, 0.15%
Johann Ambrosius Barth
3 citations, 0.15%
American Physical Society (APS)
3 citations, 0.15%
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
3 citations, 0.15%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
3 citations, 0.15%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
3 citations, 0.15%
Virtus Interpress
3 citations, 0.15%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
3 citations, 0.15%
Minin University
3 citations, 0.15%
Innovative Scholars and Researchers Alliance
3 citations, 0.15%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2 citations, 0.1%
Linkoping University Electronic Press
2 citations, 0.1%
Technical University Liberec
2 citations, 0.1%
Moscow Polytechnic University
2 citations, 0.1%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.1%
BMJ
2 citations, 0.1%
Knowledge E DMCC
2 citations, 0.1%
CAIRN
2 citations, 0.1%
American Educational Research Association
2 citations, 0.1%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
2 citations, 0.1%
Narxoz University - Non-profit joint stock company
2 citations, 0.1%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.1%
Apex Publishing
2 citations, 0.1%
AMO Publisher
2 citations, 0.1%
Associacao Brasileira de Engenharia de Producao - ABEPRO
2 citations, 0.1%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.05%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.05%
IOS Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.05%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.05%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1 citation, 0.05%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.05%
1 citation, 0.05%
University of Chicago Press
1 citation, 0.05%
1 citation, 0.05%
International Journal of Information and Education Technology
1 citation, 0.05%
Cornell University Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
1 citation, 0.05%
Masaryk University Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Oxford Brookes University
1 citation, 0.05%
Unisa Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Eurasian Society of Educational Research
1 citation, 0.05%
Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University
1 citation, 0.05%
Academic Journals
1 citation, 0.05%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.05%
CSIRO Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
Infra-M Academic Publishing House
1 citation, 0.05%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
1 citation, 0.05%
South Ural State University
1 citation, 0.05%
FSBEI HE Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies
1 citation, 0.05%
PANORAMA Publishing House
1 citation, 0.05%
Naksh Solutions
1 citation, 0.05%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.05%
Dialectical Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Modestum Ltd
1 citation, 0.05%
Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
1 citation, 0.05%
National Research Mordovia State University MRSU
1 citation, 0.05%
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
1 citation, 0.05%
Omsk State University
1 citation, 0.05%
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University
1 citation, 0.05%
Universidad Cesar Vallejo
1 citation, 0.05%
OAPublishing Collective
1 citation, 0.05%
The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology
1 citation, 0.05%
Srinivas University
1 citation, 0.05%
LLC Editorial Journal Work and Career
1 citation, 0.05%
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University of Zurich
14 publications, 5.74%
University of Göttingen
13 publications, 5.33%
University of Mannheim
12 publications, 4.92%
University of Bern
10 publications, 4.1%
University of Bamberg
10 publications, 4.1%
Goethe University Frankfurt
8 publications, 3.28%
University of Konstanz
8 publications, 3.28%
University of Hohenheim
8 publications, 3.28%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
8 publications, 3.28%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
6 publications, 2.46%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
6 publications, 2.46%
University of Tübingen
5 publications, 2.05%
Technical University of Munich
5 publications, 2.05%
University of Fribourg
5 publications, 2.05%
Johannes Kepler University of Linz
5 publications, 2.05%
Stanford University
4 publications, 1.64%
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
4 publications, 1.64%
Linnaeus University
3 publications, 1.23%
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
3 publications, 1.23%
Technical University of Dortmund
3 publications, 1.23%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
3 publications, 1.23%
Technical University of Darmstadt
3 publications, 1.23%
University of Twente
2 publications, 0.82%
Radboud University Nijmegen
2 publications, 0.82%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2 publications, 0.82%
Linköping University
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Helsinki
2 publications, 0.82%
ETH Zurich
2 publications, 0.82%
Umeå University
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Lausanne
2 publications, 0.82%
Technische Universität Dresden
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Basel
2 publications, 0.82%
University of St. Gallen
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Padua
2 publications, 0.82%
King's College London
2 publications, 0.82%
Oslo Metropolitan University
2 publications, 0.82%
Maastricht University
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Sydney
2 publications, 0.82%
Griffith University
2 publications, 0.82%
Eötvös Loránd University (University of Budapest)
2 publications, 0.82%
Leibniz University Hannover
2 publications, 0.82%
Hamburg University
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Münster
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Duisburg-Essen
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
2 publications, 0.82%
Paderborn University
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Groningen
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Bremen
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Stuttgart
2 publications, 0.82%
University of Vienna
2 publications, 0.82%
Open University of the Netherlands
2 publications, 0.82%
King Saud University
1 publication, 0.41%
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
1 publication, 0.41%
Hasan Kalyoncu University
1 publication, 0.41%
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
1 publication, 0.41%
Indian Institute of Management Indore
1 publication, 0.41%
Heidelberg University
1 publication, 0.41%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.41%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.41%
Karlstad University
1 publication, 0.41%
University West
1 publication, 0.41%
Southwest University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Technology Sydney
1 publication, 0.41%
Western Sydney University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Milano-Bicocca
1 publication, 0.41%
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Eastern Finland
1 publication, 0.41%
University College London
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Teacher Education Lucerne
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland
1 publication, 0.41%
Oulu University of Applied Sciences
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Lapland
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Southern Denmark
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Antwerp
1 publication, 0.41%
Edinburgh Napier University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.41%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.41%
Queensland University of Technology
1 publication, 0.41%
Sichuan International Studies University
1 publication, 0.41%
Tunghai University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Agder
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Calabria
1 publication, 0.41%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.41%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.41%
Charles Darwin University
1 publication, 0.41%
University of New England
1 publication, 0.41%
University of South Africa
1 publication, 0.41%
National Research and Innovation Agency
1 publication, 0.41%
North Carolina State University
1 publication, 0.41%
Technical University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.41%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
1 publication, 0.41%
Harokopio University of Athens
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Piraeus
1 publication, 0.41%
University of Cologne
1 publication, 0.41%
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
1 publication, 0.41%
German Institute for Adult Education (Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning)
1 publication, 0.41%
Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
1 publication, 0.41%
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University of Göttingen
8 publications, 6.9%
University of Mannheim
8 publications, 6.9%
University of Hohenheim
8 publications, 6.9%
University of Konstanz
5 publications, 4.31%
University of Bern
4 publications, 3.45%
Technical University of Munich
3 publications, 2.59%
Linnaeus University
3 publications, 2.59%
University of Zurich
3 publications, 2.59%
Technical University of Dortmund
3 publications, 2.59%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
3 publications, 2.59%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
3 publications, 2.59%
ETH Zurich
2 publications, 1.72%
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
2 publications, 1.72%
Oslo Metropolitan University
2 publications, 1.72%
University of Sydney
2 publications, 1.72%
Technical University of Darmstadt
2 publications, 1.72%
Hamburg University
2 publications, 1.72%
University of Münster
2 publications, 1.72%
University of Duisburg-Essen
2 publications, 1.72%
Goethe University Frankfurt
2 publications, 1.72%
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
2 publications, 1.72%
University of Bamberg
2 publications, 1.72%
Johannes Kepler University of Linz
2 publications, 1.72%
Open University of the Netherlands
2 publications, 1.72%
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
1 publication, 0.86%
Indian Institute of Management Indore
1 publication, 0.86%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.86%
Linköping University
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Technology Sydney
1 publication, 0.86%
Western Sydney University
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Eastern Finland
1 publication, 0.86%
University College London
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Teacher Education Lucerne
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Lapland
1 publication, 0.86%
Edinburgh Napier University
1 publication, 0.86%
Tunghai University
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Agder
1 publication, 0.86%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.86%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.86%
Charles Darwin University
1 publication, 0.86%
University of New England
1 publication, 0.86%
National Research and Innovation Agency
1 publication, 0.86%
Technical University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.86%
Eötvös Loránd University (University of Budapest)
1 publication, 0.86%
Leibniz University Hannover
1 publication, 0.86%
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
1 publication, 0.86%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1 publication, 0.86%
Leiden University
1 publication, 0.86%
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Kassel
1 publication, 0.86%
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Groningen
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Siegen
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Bremen
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Wuppertal
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Graz
1 publication, 0.86%
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Tartu
1 publication, 0.86%
Mondragon University
1 publication, 0.86%
University of Lleida
1 publication, 0.86%
Kathmandu University
1 publication, 0.86%
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Germany, 96, 39.34%
Germany
96 publications, 39.34%
Switzerland, 44, 18.03%
Switzerland
44 publications, 18.03%
Netherlands, 13, 5.33%
Netherlands
13 publications, 5.33%
USA, 10, 4.1%
USA
10 publications, 4.1%
Australia, 10, 4.1%
Australia
10 publications, 4.1%
Austria, 10, 4.1%
Austria
10 publications, 4.1%
Sweden, 10, 4.1%
Sweden
10 publications, 4.1%
United Kingdom, 7, 2.87%
United Kingdom
7 publications, 2.87%
Canada, 5, 2.05%
Canada
5 publications, 2.05%
Italy, 4, 1.64%
Italy
4 publications, 1.64%
Finland, 4, 1.64%
Finland
4 publications, 1.64%
Estonia, 3, 1.23%
Estonia
3 publications, 1.23%
Greece, 3, 1.23%
Greece
3 publications, 1.23%
India, 3, 1.23%
India
3 publications, 1.23%
Norway, 3, 1.23%
Norway
3 publications, 1.23%
China, 2, 0.82%
China
2 publications, 0.82%
Belgium, 2, 0.82%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.82%
Hungary, 2, 0.82%
Hungary
2 publications, 0.82%
Denmark, 2, 0.82%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.82%
Spain, 2, 0.82%
Spain
2 publications, 0.82%
Portugal, 1, 0.41%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.41%
Indonesia, 1, 0.41%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.41%
Ireland, 1, 0.41%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.41%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.41%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.41%
Slovakia, 1, 0.41%
Slovakia
1 publication, 0.41%
Turkey, 1, 0.41%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.41%
Chile, 1, 0.41%
Chile
1 publication, 0.41%
South Africa, 1, 0.41%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.41%
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Germany, 34, 29.31%
Germany
34 publications, 29.31%
Switzerland, 10, 8.62%
Switzerland
10 publications, 8.62%
Australia, 5, 4.31%
Australia
5 publications, 4.31%
Austria, 4, 3.45%
Austria
4 publications, 3.45%
Sweden, 3, 2.59%
Sweden
3 publications, 2.59%
Estonia, 2, 1.72%
Estonia
2 publications, 1.72%
India, 2, 1.72%
India
2 publications, 1.72%
Canada, 2, 1.72%
Canada
2 publications, 1.72%
Norway, 2, 1.72%
Norway
2 publications, 1.72%
USA, 1, 0.86%
USA
1 publication, 0.86%
China, 1, 0.86%
China
1 publication, 0.86%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.86%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.86%
Hungary, 1, 0.86%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.86%
Indonesia, 1, 0.86%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.86%
Netherlands, 1, 0.86%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.86%
Finland, 1, 0.86%
Finland
1 publication, 0.86%
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