About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling (JCAC) is a publication of the Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling, a division of the American Counseling Association. The goal of JCAC is to provide a professional forum for the dissemination of research, theoretical, and clinical literature related to the counseling and mental health of infants, children, and adolescents. JCAC seeks to promote the awareness of issues related to the counseling of children and adolescents among counseling practitioners, educators, and students. JCAC focuses on the practice of counseling children and adolescents by providing a developmental perspective on the improvement of prevention and intervention mental health services for children from birth through age 18. JCAC also encourages the exploration of issues related to counseling caretakers such as parents, teachers, and other primary caregivers who contribute to the mental health of children and adolescents.
Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have underdone rigorous anonymous double anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two to four anonymous referees.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106 .
Journal metrics
Usage
- 34K annual downloads/views
Speed/acceptance
- 88 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 99 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 51% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor
Dalena Dillman Taylor, Ph.D. - University of Central Florida, USA
Editorial Assistant
Caitlin Frawley- University of Central Florida, USA
Associate Editor
Christopher Belser - University of New Orleans , USA
Steve Armstrong- Texas A&M Commerce, USA
Randy Astramovich - Idaho Sate University, USA
Ola Bamgbose - University of Wisconsin Whitewater, USA
Pedro Blanco - Texas Woman's University, USA
Staci Born - South Dakota State University, USA
Lauren Clark- University of New Orleans, USA
Yi-Ju Cheng - Rider University, USA
Adria Dunbar- North Carolina State University, USA
Caitlin Frawley- University of Central Florida, USA
Emily Goodman-Scott - Old Dominion University, USA
Evette Horton - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Kimberly Jayne - Portland State University, USA
Elsa Soto Legett - Truman State University, USA
Matthew Lemberger - Truelove, University of North Texas, USA
Jan Lemon - Mississippi College, USA
Yung Wei Lin - New Jersey City University, USA
Natalya Lindo - University of North Texas, USA
Sonya Lorelle- Northwestern University
Krystyne Mendoza - Marquette University, USA
Raissa Miller - Boise State University, USA
Yumi Ogawa - New Jersey City University, USA
Katherine Pursewell - University of Scranton, USA
Dee Ray - University of North Texas, USA
Gail Roaten - Liberty University, USA
April Schottelkorb - North Valley Hospital - USA
Sondra Smith-Adcock - University of Florida - USA
Renee Sherrell - University of St. Joseph's - USA
Haley Stulemaker - Private practice, USA
Jacqueline Swank - University of Florida, USA
Richard Stapleton - Walden University, USA
Malti Tuttle - Auburn University, USA
Susannah Wood - University of Iowa, USA
Abstracting and indexing
- Academic Search Complete
- Academic Search Elite
- Academic Search Premier
- Academic Search Ultimate
- Child Development and Adolescent Studies
- TOC Premier
Open access
Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our 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.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
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- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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