Journal profile
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
ISSN 1944-1207 · eISSN 2837-8075 · The University of Alabama · United States
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 35 weeks (community reports); 47 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 currently closed for new submissions. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship is published by The University of Alabama. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Community Health and Development and Higher Education Practises and Engagement, together about 57.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The editorial board of the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES) invites the submission of manuscripts that relate to its mission: To provide a mechanism through which faculty, staff, and students of academic institutions and their community partners may disseminate scholarly works from all academic disciplines. A goal of the publication is to integrate teaching, research, and community engagement. Many forms of writing, analysis, creative approaches, and methodologies are acceptable for the journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Service-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Sciences34.3%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions14.9%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences8.2%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences7.7%
- Youth Development and Social SupportSocial Sciences3%
- Community and Sustainable DevelopmentSocial Sciences3%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences2.8%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences2.8%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, EBSCOPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.63OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 634 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 183 |
| 2025 | 47 | 47 | 315 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 231 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 306 |
| 2022 | 75 | 75 | 231 |
| 2021 | 77 | 77 | 224 |
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 35 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 35 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- book reviewBook review submitted to JCES should give the reader a well-developed overview of the book while also engaging with the central issues it raises. Reviews are en…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- book reviewsBook review submitted to JCES should give the reader a well-developed overview of the book while also engaging with the central issues it raises.Length not stated
- community perspectivesCommunity members working with academic partners from all disciplines are invited to submit original work to the CP section.Length not stated
- regular manuscriptRegular Manuscripts report empirical research using quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods approaches, including innovative or emerging methodologies.Length not stated
- research from the fieldRFF articles present practice-based or case study work, offering best practices, practical insights, and applied knowledge.Length not stated
- student voicesStudents from all disciplines are invited to submit original work to the SV section.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Preprints
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright notice 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) 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 into separate,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
JCES is an open access journal, which means that in support of a greater global exchange of knowledge, all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the aut…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism screening Model summary
Manuscripts submitted to JCES must be original works that have not been published elsewhere and are not under simultaneous review by another journal. All submissions are screened using plagiarism detection software. JCES reserves the right to reject or withdraw a manuscript at any stage of the publication process in cases of suspected plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Pre-print policy Model summary
Authors are permitted to post pre-print versions of their manuscripts on public repositories (e.g., arXiv, bioRxiv, SSRN) prior to the submission process.
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
- The University of Alabama
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1944-1207
- Electronic ISSN
- 2837-8075
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 1 (2026)
- 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 Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
How long does peer review take at Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship?
Authors report an average review time of about 35 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 Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship 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: .