Journal of Community Psychology

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Community Psychology (JCOP) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to research, evaluation, assessment, and intervention.

Although review articles that deal with human behavior in community settings are occasionally accepted, the journal’s primary emphasis is on empirical work that is based in or informs studies to understand community factors that influence, positively and negatively, human development, interaction, and functioning.

Articles of interest include descriptions and evaluations of service programs and projects; studies of youth, parenting, and family development; methodological studies for the identification and systematic alteration of risks; and protective factors for emotional and behavioral disorders and for positive development.

Journal of Community Psychology (JCOP) also publishes the results of projects that inform processes relevant to the design of community-based interventions including strategies for gaining entry, engaging a community in participatory action research, and creating sustainable interventions that remain after project development and empirical work are completed.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5586

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1630

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.912

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	102

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Sense of community: A definition and theory

  Citation: 3264

  Authors: David W., David M.

• Sexual violence prevention through bystander education: An experimental evaluation

  Citation: 611

  Authors: Victoria L., Mary M., Elizabethe G.

• Trauma‐informed or trauma‐denied: Principles and implementation of trauma‐informed services for women

  Citation: 542

  Authors: Denise E., Paula, Roger D., Laurie S., Beth Glover

• Validation of A brief sense of community scale: Confirmation of the principal theory of sense of community

  Citation: 485

  Authors: N. Andrew, Paul W., David W.

• Bystander education: Bringing a broader community perspective to sexual violence prevention

  Citation: 461

  Authors: Victoria L., Elizabethe G., Mary M.

• Cultural sensitivity in substance use prevention

  Citation: 445

  Authors: Ken, Robin, Ronald L., Jasjit S., Jacqueline

• Pushing the envelope on youth civic engagement: A developmental and liberation psychology perspective

  Citation: 428

  Authors: Roderick J., Constance

• Resource conservation as a strategy for community psychology

  Citation: 413

  Authors: Stevan E., Roy S.

• Prevalence and correlates of everyday discrimination among U.S. Latinos

  Citation: 383

  Authors: Debra Joy, Lisa, Margarita

• Sense of community

  Citation: 379

  Authors: David W.

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