Journal profile · Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science
Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology
ISSN 2159-8142 · Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies
Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; 8 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology is published by Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Counseling Practices and Supervision, Social Work Education and Practice and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, together about 47.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of the fully open access Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology is to promote deep reflection on community change and system transformation in which counselors, psychologists, and other human service professionals play a role. The journal aims to highlight ‘engaged scholarship’ and the very important social change work done by professionals and activists that would not normally find its way into publication in the form of empirical research or theoretical essays. The journal attempts to break down the divide between theory and practice in one of the most critical areas of our work: social transformation toward social justice and peace. This journal features action oriented articles, meaning manuscripts that discuss actual work (e.g., advocacy, activism, research, policy formulation and implementation, training, legislation) that has been conducted by the submitting author(s) and not proposed work or simple conceptualizations of issues. To be considered, these articles also must include empirical data.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, India 1, Brazil 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology26.5%
- Social Work Education and PracticeSocial Sciences13.6%
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences7.2%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions6.9%
- Social Movements and Cultural IdentitySocial Sciences5.2%
- Service-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Sciences3.7%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences3.5%
- Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | Q2 | 614/1530 | 59th |
| Education | Q3 | 878/1698 | 48th |
| Clinical Psychology | Q3 | 190/314 | 39th |
| Social Psychology | Q3 | 214/315 | 32nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.28OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 226 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 138 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 190 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 199 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 209 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 222 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 202 |
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 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-NC-ND | |
| 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)
Article types accepted1
- action oriented articlesThis journal features action oriented articles, meaning manuscripts that discuss actual work (e.g., advocacy, activism, research, policy formulation and impleme…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Peer review
- Authorship
Author Guidelines and Ethical Responsibilities Model summary
Author Guidelines and Ethical Responsibilities
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review. Model summary
Articles submitted to the journal are subjected to a masked (double-blind peer) review, which means that reviewers and authors are not known to each other.
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
- Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies
- ISSN
- 2159-8142
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 2 (2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology
Where are the editorial board members of Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), India (1) and Brazil (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology 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: .