About the Journal

The Online Learning Journal (OLJ) is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed publication that features research, reviews, and perspectives on online, blended, and digital learning. We highlight scholarship that bridges pedagogy, emerging technologies, policy, and practice to support innovation and continuous improvement in online education.

Manuscripts undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to ensure fairness and high scholarly standards. OLJ follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines to uphold integrity, transparency, confidentiality, and to help avoid conflicts of interest.

OLJ is published by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC)—a collaborative community of higher education leaders and innovators dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences designed to reach and engage the modern learner—anyone, anywhere, anytime.

OLJ is indexed in major international databases including the Web of Science – Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, DOAJ, and Google Scholar, ensuring broad visibility and impact. The journal is also listed in leading education databases such as ERIC, making its content widely accessible to researchers and educators worldwide. All articles are registered with Crossref and discoverable through OpenAlex and global library discovery platforms.

OLJ holds a 2024 Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 2.3 and a 2024 Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) of 1.28, ranking it as a Q1 journal within the top 13 % (above the 87th percentile) of all journals in Education. Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1 (2024), placing OLJ among the top 3 % of open-access journals in the field.

As a Diamond Open Access publication supported by the Online Learning Consortium, OLJ is freely accessible to all and does not charge authors any publication or article-processing fees—promoting open, inclusive, and sustainable scholarship.

E-ISSN: 2472-5730

Focus and Scope

Online Learning (OLJ) publishes original research on online and blended learning primarily in higher education contexts.  

Publication Frequency

OLJ is published quarterly (four issues per year).

Open Access Policy

OLJ provides immediate open access to all content under the principle that freely available research supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. As a condition of publication, authors agree to apply the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license.

Authors retain copyright and publishing rights without restriction. The journal does not charge publication fees.

Archiving and Preservation

OLJ uses the LOCKSS system and the PKP Preservation Network (PKP/PLN) for long-term preservation. Authors may deposit submitted, accepted, or published versions in institutional or subject repositories, personal websites, or other platforms without embargo.