Journal of Professional Capital and Community

Aims & Scope

Journal of Professional Capital and Community raises and aim to address issues like: Individualism and collaboration in teaching The processes involved in building professional cultures and communities Leadership and team building, coaching and mentoring Collective responsibility and evidence-based transparency How sustainable collaboration evolves over time and its impact on quality of teaching and student outcomes How collaboration produces and depends on the dynamics of risk and trust The relationship collaboration has to other aspects of educational reform and improvement such as school competition, assessment and accountability and curriculum standards Journal of Professional Capital and Community looks at how professional culture and community and the ways to invest in and build professional capital vary across continents, countries and cultures.

The journal identifies the positive aspects of professional interactions and relationships but also raises critical questions about how professional culture can be manipulated, how professional collaboration can be restricted and misused, and how collegiality can become constrained or contrived.

Journal of Professional Capital and Community welcomes and supports contributions from a range of disciplines, and supports a broad spectrum of methodologies including quantitative and qualitative approaches, documentary study, action research and conceptual development.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	1.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8046

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	183

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.704

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	27

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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

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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.

• COVID-19 – school leadership in crisis?

  Citation: 187

  Authors: Alma

• Beyond COVID-19 supernova. Is another education coming?

  Citation: 155

  Authors: Cecilia

• School leadership during a pandemic: navigating tensions

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Deborah M.

• Essential features of effective networks in education

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Santiago, Michael

• Does teaching experience increase teacher effectiveness? A review of US research

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Anne, Tara, Linda

• Professional capital after the pandemic: revisiting and revising classic understandings of teachers' work

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Andy, Michael

• The Covid-19 pandemic and the dissolution of the university campus: implications for student support practice

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Rille, Chris

• Principal professionalism in the time of COVID-19

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Corrie, Jennie

• Improving trust, improving schools

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Chris, Alan, Yi-Hwa

• Cultures of professional collaboration: their origins and opponents

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Andy, Michael T.

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