Journal of Moral Education

Journal of Moral Education

Discipline	Educational research
Language	English
Edited  by	Kristján Kristjánsson
Publication details
History	1971–present
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	0.825 (2017)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Moral Educ.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	JMEDFF
ISSN	0305-7240
LCCN	2001238179
OCLC  no.	937345384
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The Journal of Moral Education is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of moral education and development. It was established in 1971 by the humanist philosopher Harold Blackham as part of the Social Morality Council, a project of the British Humanist Association. ^{[1] [2]} Since 2006 it has been published by Taylor & Francis. ^[3]

The editor-in-chief is Kristján Kristjánsson (University of Birmingham). According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 0.825, ranking it 183rd out of 238 journals in the category "Education & Educational Research". ^[4]

Collections

The Institute of Education, University College London holds the records of the journal between 1971 - 2012. ^[5] The collection contains meeting minutes, promotional materials, correspondence and legal documentation. ^[5]

References

1. "Social Morality Council". Humanist Heritage. Humanists UK . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
2. "Harold John Blackham". Humanist Heritage. Humanists UK . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
3. "Journal of Moral Education Editorial Board (1971–2011) and Trustees (1997/1998–2011)" . Journal of Moral Education. 40 (3): 435–440. 2011. doi:10.1080/03057240.2011.596353 . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
4. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Education & Educational Research". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2018.
5. UCL Special Collections. "Records of the Journal of Moral Education 1971-2012". UCL Archives Catalogue. Retrieved 2025-07-22.

External links

• Official website
• Records of the Journal of Moral Education 1971-2012 at the Institute of Education, University College London