Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung (ZfW) – Journal for Research on Adult Education is a leading academic journal for high-quality original research of adult and continuing education. It was launched in the 1970s as the first and only German academic journal dedicated exclusively to all aspects of adult learning. Since 2015, ZfW has been published as a fully Open Access journal with the editorial infrastructure being provided by German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE).