Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement
ISSN 1836-3393 · UTS ePRESS · Australia
Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 34 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Note: Gateways is no longer accepting submissions for book reviews. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is published by UTS ePRESS and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Community Health and Development and Health Policy Implementation Science, together about 40.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is an open access, refereed journal that responds to an emerging global movement of collaborative, critical and change-oriented engaged research and practice-based initiatives. Gateways provides an inclusive forum for faculty, staff, students, professional practitioners and community representatives to examine, experiment and challenge knowledge and practice relating to the full range of engaged activity. This includes what it means to 'write up' engaged research and practice. Articles include empirical case studies; analyses of partnership models, practices and processes; theoretical reflections that contribute to the scholarship of engagement; and presentations of innovative new methods. A central aspect of community-based research and practice is that it seeks to drive change - social, intellectual, institutional. As such, Gateways encourages participatory, mutually beneficial and culturally competent research approaches to conceptualising, designing, undertaking and communicating engaged research. Articles will not only bridge disciplinary boundaries but will seek to challenge traditional binaries of academic and non-academic knowledge systems by rigorously combining different ways of knowing and being. Gateways welcomes articles that interrogate the complex tensions that exist between theory and practice, and between the various participants in the research enterprise, as well as advance the value of research that is driven by need as much as curiosity. Further, Gateways is avowedly international in scope, actively seeking to make the journal a space for diverse voices and perspectives, in multiple forms and modes and from across different geographies. As an open access journal, Gateways’ mission is to increase the timely, accessible and inclusive sharing of new knowledge and valuable insights from current practice to scholars, community leaders, practitioners and activists around the world. In this way, Gateways strives to contribute to this active, evolving and critical global dialogue for change. Both refereed and non-refereed articles are published. Note on the Journal Sections: In establishing the format for Gateways, the Editorial Committee sought to fulfil two goals: one, to create space for more chairs at the research table; and two, to expand the research table itself. That is, not just more, but different. For this reason, four article sections have been established: resear
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 6, United States 5, Canada 3, United Kingdom 2, South Africa 2 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Service-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Sciences21.3%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions10.8%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions8.7%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences7.2%
- Evaluation and Performance AssessmentDecision Sciences6.9%
- Community Development and Social ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.9%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions6.4%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 258 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 24 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 39 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 60 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 75 |
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 34 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 34 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 | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- practice-based articlesPractice-based articles (Non-refereed)Length not stated
- research articler retrieve them later through searches. Research articles must be between 6000 and 8000 words in length. Please note, while this word length does not incmain text ≤ 8,000 words
- research articlesResearch articles (Refereed)Length not stated
- writing research differentlyWriting research differently (Refereed)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Statement on AI use for authors in Gateways
AI tools cannot be considered authors. Use of AI tools must be disclosed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
Our editors are required to declare any potential competing interests in undertaking their editorial duties. In cases where a manuscript is submitted by a colleague at their own institution or from their research networks, editors will remove themselves from the decision-making process. A co-editor, or an external trusted expert, with no such connections, is then asked to act as the editor for tha…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Handling Misconduct
Issues of suspected misconduct will be handled in accordance with the guidelines set out by the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who submit articles to this journal from 31st March 2014 for publication, agree to the following terms: a) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share and adapt the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides open access to all of its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Such access is associated with increased readership and increased citation of an author's work. For more information on this approach, see the Public Knowledge Project, which has designed this system to improve the scholarly a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review External Peer Review Process
When considered ready by Gateways’ Editorial Committee, research articles are reviewed by two independent peer referees who are qualified experts in the subject field. If the Editorial Committee feels it necessary, practice-based articles will also be peer read. Authors and reviewers remain anonymous. The journal works with an expanded definition of peer reviewers, including suitably qualified com…
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
- UTS ePRESS
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1836-3393
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement
What CAS zone is Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement?
Authors report an average review time of about 34 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (6), United States (5) and Canada (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement open access, and what is the APC?
Gateways-International Journal of Community Research and Engagement 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .