Academic Journals
Journal List
This list contains over 30 academic journals which have content relating to civic engagement topics. This is not an exhaustive list but it aims to include the most prominent and relevant publications. Also included in this list are links to submission guidelines for each journal, so to help guide you in the process of publishing your research.
Utilize this searchable Excel list for complete information regarding each journal.
The following is a simplified list of the journals contained within the Excel database:
- Action Research
- American Behavioral Scientist
- Assessment Update
- Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning
- Citizenship, Social and Economics Education
- Discourse & Society
- Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
- Education, Citizenship and Social Justice
- eJournal of Public Affairs
- Gateways: International Journal of Community Research & Engagement
- Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research
- Innovative Higher Education
- Journal of Adolescence
- Journal of College & Character
- Journal of Community Engagement & Higher Education
- Journal of Community Engagement & Scholarship
- Journal of Experiential Education
- Journal of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement
- Journal of Peace Education
- Journal of Public Affairs
- Journal of Public Deliberation
- Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education
- Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education
- Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
- National Civic Review
- New Directions for Higher Education
- Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning & Civic Engagement
- Political Behavior
- PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement
- Public: A Journal of Imagining America
- Science Education & Civic Engagement: An International Journal
- Social Forces
- Social Science Quarterly
- The Journal of Civic Commitment
- The Journal of Social Change
Research Tips
When using an academic database to research civic engagement topics, there are some database-specific keywords which are most helpful to those searches. There are three major databases for content relating to civic engagement: Academic Search Complete, ERIC, and WorldCat (SU Library).
Academic Search Complete:
- Civic improvement
- Civil service -- Study & teaching
- Community development
- Community involvement
- Democracy & education
- Experiential learning
- Higher education
- Higher education -- Social aspects
- Service learning
- Social advocacy
- Social change
- Social justice
- Social participation
- Social services -- Citizen participation
- Student volunteers in social services
- Volunteer service
ERIC:
- Citizen participation
- Citizenship
- Citizenship education
- Civics
- Community development
- Democracy
- Higher education
- Partnerships in education
- School community relationship
- Service learning
- Social justice
- Student attitudes
WorldCat (SU Library):
- Citizenship
- Civics - Study and teaching (Higher)
- Civil society
- Democracy and education
- Education and state
- Education, higher - Political aspects
- Education, higher - Social aspects
- Political participation
- Political science - Civics & Citizenship
- Service learning
- Young volunteers
- Youth - Political activity