
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
ATEM’s Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management is now delivered online.
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ATEM members can access the latest edition and archives, and download articles from the Taylor & Francis website.
NB. You must be logged in to access this service.
The Editorial team, headed by Peter Bentley, can be contacted to express your interest for consideration as a potential Reviewer by sending a detailed email.
Some stats
The Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JHEPM) is ranked at #16 in Google Scholar’s Higher Education rankings, with an H5 Index of 30 and a ResearchGate Journal Impact Factor of 3. The Journal ranked in the best quartile (Q1) on Scimago Journal Rank for both Education and Public Administration journals for 2020.
The Journal ranked in the best quartile (Q1) on Scimago Journal Rank for both Education and Public Administration journals for 2020.
The JHEPM is listed in the Social Science Citation Index, having been upgraded from the Emerging Sources Citation Index, with a Journal Citation Indicator of 1.28 for 2020. The Journal has seen a 49% increase in the SSCI Journal Impact Factor (3 years), now at 2.071, with a Real Time IF of 3.1 in January 2022.
Academic Accelerator offers more information about the impact of the Journal of HEPM.

Submitting your paper
Members and non-members of ATEM are encouraged to submit a manuscript for possible publication. Published authors’ names will be added to the Journal’s list of potential reviewers.
- Authors should refer to and comply with ‘Instructions for Authors’ prior to online submission of a manuscript. Authors should note style and format requirements carefully. Papers should include author/s names, affiliation/s and contact details. Papers to be sent for peer review will be rendered free of author identification by the editors.
- Authors can also contact the editors for advice on how they might increase their chances of having their work published in the Journal.

Reviewing papers
Suitably qualified and experienced professionals and scholars may submit an Expression of Interest to review papers for the journal. Depending on your expertise and the papers submitted to the journal, you might be asked to review up to 2 or 3 papers each year.
Why review? This article lists several benefits of reviewing, including:
- Being an effective way of staying current when you are pressed for time
- Improving your own thinking and writing
- Improving the content of articles and shaping the content of journals
Potential reviewers might like to read this article on ‘How to review journal manuscripts’.
If you would like to be considered as a potential reviewer, please send a detailed email to the editor.
History of the ATEM Journal
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