Journal profile
Journal of Family Strengths
ISSN 2168-670X · Children at Risk Institute · United States
Journal of Family Strengths: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2023 (Volume 23, Issue 2): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Family Strengths is published by Children at Risk Institute. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child Welfare and Adoption, Social Work Education and Practice and Social Sciences and Policies, together about 53.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Family Strengths (JFS), formerly Family Preservation Journal, is an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed online journal. The journal is published annually in the Fall. The journal’s goal is to facilitate family, worker, supervisor, educator and agency interchange. The overall goal is to promote research and evaluation and disseminate information for best practices that support family-centered practice. These services may include: child welfare, mental health (wraparound), substance abuse, juvenile justice, developmentally challenged, schools, health care, elders, and other social welfare services. The journal provides a forum for practitioners, program designers, administrators, researchers and educators to present and critically review programs, policies, practice methods and research findings from a family strengths perspective. The journal is intended to positively impact the form and type of services provided with families. Research and case studies from those receiving and delivering services is encouraged, as are articles with clear policy implications and recommendations. Articles are published with a "cc by-nc-nd" Creative Commons license" (Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives). In accordance with the terms of the cc by-nc-nd license, and with the BOAI definition of open access, users have the right to read, download, copy, print, search, distribute, and link to the full text of articles in this journal, provided crediting of the original work, where applicable, accompanies such use.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Robert SanbornPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 1, Canada 1, Australia 1, Mexico 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child Welfare and AdoptionSocial Sciences25%
- Social Work Education and PracticeSocial Sciences16.7%
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences11.8%
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences7.3%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology5.7%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology3.4%
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences2.7%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology2.6%
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
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.75OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 359 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 153 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 123 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 98 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 97 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 109 |
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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 accepted5, with length limits
- articlesArticles PDFLength not stated
- book review0 words Letters to Editors: 3,000 words Book Review:1800-2000 words Emphasized text Whenever possible use italics to indicate tmain text ≤ 2,000 words
- commentaryues and Opinions: 10,000 words Research Commentary: 10,000 words Letters to Editors: 3,000 words Book Review:1800-2000 wordsmain text ≤ 10,000 words
- letterwords Research Commentary: 10,000 words Letters to Editors: 3,000 words Book Review:1800-2000 words Emphasized text Whenever possibmain text ≤ 3,000 words
- opinionrical Research: 15,000 words Issues and Opinions: 10,000 words Research Commentary: 10,000 words Letters to Editors: 3,000main text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Peer review
- Authorship
APA 7th edition style required Model summary
Manuscripts and references should be prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 7th ed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Open access, double-blind peer review Model summary
open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed online journal
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
- Children at Risk Institute
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2168-670X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23, Issue 2 (2023)
- 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 Family Strengths
How long does peer review take at Journal of Family Strengths?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 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 Journal of Family Strengths 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 Kingdom (1), Canada (1) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Family Strengths?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Family Strengths is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Family Strengths open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Family Strengths 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: .