IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
The IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering advances in the development of technologies for supporting human learning. It was established in 2008 and is published by the IEEE Education Society. The current editor-in-chief is Mark J. W. Lee. Formerly, the journal was edited by Wolfgang Nejdl of the University of Hannover and Peter Brusilovsky of the University of Pittsburgh.
As per its statement of scope, TLT covers all advances in learning technologies and their applications, including but not limited to the following topics: innovative online learning systems; intelligent tutoring systems; educational games; simulation systems for education and training; collaborative learning tools; learning with mobile devices; wearable devices and interfaces for learning; personalized and adaptive learning systems; tools for formative and summative assessment; tools for learning analytics and educational data mining; ontologies for learning systems; standards and web services that support learning; authoring tools for learning materials; computer support for peer tutoring; learning via computer-mediated inquiry, field, and lab work; social learning techniques; social networks and infrastructures for learning and knowledge sharing; and creation and management of learning objects.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, TLT has a 2018 impact factor of 2.315 and a 5-year impact factor of 3.213. It is one of only two educational technology journals that is included in both the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index, the other being Computers & Education. Its 2018 Scopus CiteScore is 3.60, placing it among the top five educational technology journals based on that metric and giving it a rank of #36 out of 1,040 journals in the "Education" category overall. TLT is also ranked among the top 20 journals in educational technology in Google Scholar.
