Journal profile
Collaborations
ISSN 2638-4396 · University of Miami Richter Library · United States
Collaborations: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Collaborations is currently closed for submissions Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Collaborations is published by University of Miami Richter Library. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Community Health and Development and Participatory Visual Research Methods, together about 52.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Collaborations: A Journal of Community-based Research and Practice is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, sponsored by the University of Miami. It is a site for sharing research and practice emanating from university-community collaborations. It was created to highlight research that describes, examines and evaluates the many different forms of university-community collaborations. This includes the development of theory to guide effective research and service collaborations, and the outcomes of collaborations that have implications for policy, practice, and public scholarship. Collaborations is an academic publication for educators, researchers, students, local community activists, and public scholars to find information related to: The initiation of grassroots change efforts The ingredients necessary for effective partnerships The challenges of sustaining change The process of technology transfers/research-to-practice/policy The use of action research to document the effects of school-university collaborations The development of community resources to improve university coursework Civic engagement through university-community partnerships Public policy and practice-relevant knowledge generated through university-community collaborations Interested in submitting to Collaborations? Please see the Submission Guidelines. If you have questions about the journal or your submission, please contact Scotney Evans (Editor in Chief) s.evans4@miami.edu.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Scotney D. EvansPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Service-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Sciences25.6%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions20.7%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences5.9%
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Sciences4.9%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences4.9%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences3%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions2.5%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.75OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 101 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 51 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 70 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 57 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 59 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 54 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
- Fee waivers
- No fee waivers
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 5–8
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
No submission or author fees. Model summary
Collaborations does not charge submission or any other form of author fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
IRB or ethics review body approval required for human subjects research. Model summary
If human subjects were used in original research, please provide a statement in the methods section that notes that the research has been reviewed and approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or other governing ethics/human rights review body.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright; articles distributed under CC BY 4.0. Model summary
By submitting to Collaborations, all authors agree to the following terms of licensing/copyright ownership:First publication rights to original work accepted for publication is granted to Collaborations but authors retain copyright for all work published in the journal.Works published in Collaborations will be distributed under CC BY 4.0. By granting a CC BY 4.0 license in their work, authors reta…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Immediate open access; no embargo on publications. Model summary
Collaborations provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no embargo on the journal’s publications. The dates each manuscript was submitted and accepted are on the published PDF version. Authors of articles published in Collaborations remain the copyright holders and gr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Review process targeted to complete within 6 weeks. Model summary
All efforts will be made to complete the review process within 6 weeks.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Miami Richter Library
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2638-4396
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Collaborations
How long does peer review take at Collaborations?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Collaborations?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 5–8; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Collaborations based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Collaborations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Collaborations is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Collaborations open access, and what is the APC?
Collaborations is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .