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Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology

Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN2159-8142

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.383

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.504

Total Worksi

223

Total Citationsi

2,333

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology and Political Science; Clinical Psychology; Education; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications223

OA Since2017

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2159-8142

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

PKP PN

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

150

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2022

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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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Clinical PsychologyQ3

EducationQ3

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyClinical PsychologyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Counseling Practices and SupervisionCommunity Health and DevelopmentChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentYouth Development and Social SupportMigration, Health and TraumaPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchMentoring and Academic DevelopmentSocial Work Education and PracticeResilience and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology

Is Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology?

Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.383.

Is Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology?