Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
ISSN 1949-6591 · eISSN 1949-6605 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 69 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Higher Education Research Studies, Higher Education Governance and Development and Higher Education Practises and Engagement, together about 36.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Vision The vision of the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JSARP) is to publish the most rigorous, relevant, and well-respected research and practice making a difference in student affairs practice. JSARP especially encourages manuscripts that are unconventional in nature and that engage in methodological and epistemological extensions that transcend the boundaries of traditional research inquiries. Purpose Publish and make accessible the highest quality articles on research and practice in the student affairs field. Expose the NASPA membership and JSARP readers to unique commentary and scholarship from multiple methodological forms and perspectives. Support and encourage scholarly contributions from a wide variety of theoretical and conceptual frameworks. Build and extend the literature and knowledge of the student affairs field. Encourage and engage open and critical discourse within and across disciplines from the perspective of student affairs in higher education. Encourage research and scholarly writing by faculty, administrators, and students through editorial feedback and development of current and future authors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences25.3%
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences5.8%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences5.4%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences4.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Service-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Sciences4.6%
- Mentoring and Academic DevelopmentPsychology4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCOhost, Gale, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., National Library of Medicine, Thomson Reuters
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.59Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.84Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 843OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 42.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 77,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,647 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 40 | 5 | 25 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1 | 59 |
| 2023 | 58 | 4 | 188 |
| 2022 | 52 | 3 | 258 |
| 2021 | 46 | 3 | 415 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
69 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 69 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 86 daysPublisher website ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving authors the option to publish open access. Model summary
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increas…
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1949-6591
- Electronic ISSN
- 1949-6605
- Society / sponsor
- NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 63, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
What CAS zone is Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice?
The publisher reports about 69 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11%. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .