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Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship

The University of Alabama · United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1944-1207eISSN2837-8075

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

627

Total Citationsi

2,129

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on community engagement and scholarship, exploring the dynamics of partnerships between academic institutions and various community stakeholders. It examines the implementation, outcomes, and challenges of collaborative initiatives, including science outreach, leadership development programs, educational partnerships, health-focused collaborations, and serviceships within nonprofit organizations. The journal also investigates strategies for effective boundary spanning, program evaluation, and capacity building in community-engaged research and practice, with a particular emphasis on youth development and juvenile justice settings.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications627

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

The University of Alabama

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1944-1207 / 2837-8075

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

2020

374

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Service-Learning and Community EngagementCommunity Health and DevelopmentDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesHigher Education Practises and EngagementYouth Development and Social SupportHealth Policy Implementation ScienceEvaluation and Performance AssessmentSocial Work Education and PracticeMental Health and Patient InvolvementParticipatory Visual Research Methods

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship

Is Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship?

Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.40.

Is Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship is indexed in DOAJ.