Journal profile
Engaged Scholar Journal
ISSN 2369-1190 · eISSN 2368-416X · University of Saskatchewan · Canada
Engaged Scholar Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is not accepting submissions at this time. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Engaged Scholar Journal is published by University of Saskatchewan. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights and Community Health and Development, together about 45.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning is Canada’s online, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal committed to profiling best practices in 'engaged scholarship’ informed by community-academic partnerships in research, teaching and learning. Our Mission to promote and support reciprocal and meaningful co-creation of knowledge among scholars, educators, professionals and community leaders, in Canada and worldwide to inspire and promote productive dialogue between practice and theory of engaged scholarship to critically reflect on engaged scholarship, research, and pedagogy pursued by various university and community partners, working locally, nationally and internationally, across various academic disciplines and areas of application to serve as a forum of constructive debate on the meanings and applications of engaged scholarship among partners and communities The Journal invites previously unpublished original reflective essays and research articles, review articles, reports from the field, testimonies, multimedia contributions and book reviews focusing on community-engaged scholarship. We welcome contributions from community and academic partners, educators, researchers and scholars who pursue their work in collaboration with various communities in Canada and the world. For submission guidelines visit http://esj.usask.ca/index.php/esj/information/authors. Peer Review Process Submissions to the Essays Section are subject to double, anonymized peer-reviewing. Submissions to the Reports from the Field, Exchanges and Bookd Review sections are subject to editorial review. Open Access Policy This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public and supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It does not have article processing charges (APC) or article submission charges. It is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0). Publication Ethics and Misconduct This journal follows the Committee on Publication Ethics' (COPE) policies and processes on the following: Allegations of misconduct Authorship and contributorship Conflicts of interests/Competing interests Data and reproducibility Ethical oversight Intellectual property See COPE flowcharts for step-by-step processes. Publication Schedule This journal publishes four times a year. It has Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall issues. Preservation and Ar
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Lynn CaldwellPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 11, United States 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Service-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Sciences24.1%
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Sciences11.5%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions10.1%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences7.9%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences7.7%
- Indigenous and Place-Based EducationSocial Sciences5.9%
- Qualitative Research Methods and EthicsSocial Sciences3.3%
- Education and Art IntegrationSocial Sciences3.3%
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
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 301 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 108 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 111 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 108 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 67 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 112 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial 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 | — | — |
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
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 4
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- book reviewmitted book reviews. The word limit for book reviews should be between 800 and 1000 words. For edited collections, the word limit may be increased tomain text ≤ 1,000 words
- book reviewsThe book review section profiles reviews that offer critical overview of monographs, essay collections, manuals, workbooks and other self-standing published wor…Length not stated
- essaysThe essays section profiles critical discussions and in-depth analyses of community-engaged scholarship.Length not stated
- reports from the fieldThe "Reports from the Field" section includes journal contributions that may focus on specific ongoing and completed projects.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Misconduct
This journal follows the Committee on Publication Ethics' (COPE) policies and processes on the following: Allegations of misconduct Authorship and contributorship Conflicts of interests/Competing interests Data and reproducibility Ethical oversight Intellectual property See COPE flowcharts for step-by-step processes.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY 4.0 license. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0 that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter separate, ad…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public and supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It does not have article processing charges (APC) or article submission charges. It is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR ESSAYS (PEER REVIEW) SECTION
Double anonymous peer review for essays section. Model summary
The essays section profiles critical discussions and in-depth analyses of community-engaged scholarship. The works published in this section may focus on specific projects or examine broad theoretical considerations defining community-engaged scholarship.
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 Saskatchewan
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2369-1190
- Electronic ISSN
- 2368-416X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 1 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Engaged Scholar Journal
How long does peer review take at Engaged Scholar Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Engaged Scholar Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Required, 4. 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 Engaged Scholar Journal based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (11) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Engaged Scholar Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Engaged Scholar Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Engaged Scholar Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Engaged Scholar Journal 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .