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Journal of College Counseling

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN2161-1882

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

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

0.482

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

562

Total Citationsi

13,707

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications562

Publisher OrgWiley

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2161-1882

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

908

2014

549

2015

320

2016

389

2017

555

2018

472

2019

243

2020

156

2021

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.

EducationQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Counseling Practices and SupervisionChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentHigher Education Research StudiesPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsMentoring and Academic DevelopmentAttachment and Relationship DynamicsRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMental Health Treatment and AccessEating Disorders and Behaviors

Frequently asked questions about Journal of College Counseling

Is Journal of College Counseling a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of College Counseling: it is indexed in 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 College Counseling?

Journal of College Counseling is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.482.

Is Journal of College Counseling indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of College Counseling is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of College Counseling?