Educational Research focuses on publishing articles on educational sciences, evaluating educational research outcomes, exploring educational and teaching laws, disseminating experience, publicizing achievements in reforms and experiments, conducting academic discussions, reporting research trends, and providing Chinese and international information on education. Being the first-choice authoritative journal in the field of educational theories, it leads the research into cutting-edge, hot and complex educational issues, and promotes the growth of educational scholars.

Educational Research has a wide-ranging social impact. It ranks the first batch of journals among educational journals on the core Chinese journal rankings, among journals funded by the National Social Science Foundation, and among key-column journals on philosophy and social sciences. It also comes out first in Journal Impact Factor (JIF) among education-related journals listed in the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI). Additionally, it has been evaluated as one of the authoritative Chinese academic journals (A+) collected by the Research Center for Chinese Science Evaluation (RCCSE).

Since 2023, its English version has been published, with some representative articles selected from its previous issues.