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Journal of Professional Capital and Community

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2056-9548eISSN2056-9556

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.739

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.143

Total Worksi

276

Total Citationsi

5,328

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Communication; Education; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications276

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2056-9548 / 2056-9556

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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)?

N/A

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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

491

2019

2.3k

2020

277

2021

157

2022

246

2023

214

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

CommunicationQ1

EducationQ1

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyCommunicationEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesEducational Assessment and ImprovementParental Involvement in EducationCollaborative Teaching and InclusionEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEvaluation and Performance AssessmentSchool Choice and PerformanceInnovative Education and Learning PracticesEducational and Psychological Assessments

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Professional Capital and Community

Is Journal of Professional Capital and Community a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Professional Capital and Community: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Professional Capital and Community?

Journal of Professional Capital and Community is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.22.

Is Journal of Professional Capital and Community indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Professional Capital and Community is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Professional Capital and Community?