Gateways

Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is jointly edited and managed by the Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and urbanCORE at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA. It is published by UTS ePress.

Established in 2008, Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is a refereed journal that responds to an emerging global movement of collaborative and change-oriented community-university research and practice-based initiatives. It provides a forum for academics, practitioners and community representatives to explore conceptual and methodological issues, share case studies and reflect on practices relating to the full range of engaged activity. As an open-access journal, Gateways’ mission is to increase the timely, accessible and inclusive sharing of new knowledge, critical insights and best practices for scholars, community leaders and activists seeking to improve the quality of life in local communities worldwide. 

Please send proposals and questions directly to the Executive Editor of Gateways journal, Dr Margaret Malone, The Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Gateways journal is pleased to announce our new themed volume, 'Opening Gateways: Writing research differently (or, Is this going to be just another academic paper?)'. Contributors are encouraged to explore the ways in which the research article can be critically, collaboratively and creatively re-imagined to help make tangible the larger vision that lies at the heart of community-based research and practice. Publication (vol 17, no 2) is planned for December 2024.

For full details, please see the Call for Papers.

Now available: Vol 16, No 2 (2023)

Welcome to Gateways journal's latest themed volume. This important volume is grounded in a set of diverse case studies that bring community and university partners together using two aligned methodologies: community-based research (CBR), which evolved from higher education, and asset-based community development (ABCD), which evolved from community practice. The volume places these methodologies in dialogue with each other, to examine and begin to answer the question that guided the volume’s call for articles: can CBR and ABCD be compatible agents in equitable and sustainable change? This rich collection of articles ranges from conceptual frameworks to hands-on and evidence-based practice and reflection. 

Volume 16, No 2 (2023) can be found here. 

Journal volumes

Gateways publishes two volumes each year. A regular volume of unsolicited articles, which ‘opens’ mid-year, and a themed volume in December.

The annual open volume follows a publish-as-you-go model. Articles are published when they are ready, at any time between June (when the volume ‘opens’) and December each year. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. 

A guest-edited themed volume is published each December. Calls for proposals are announced on the journal website, generally in September each year. Recent guest-edited themed volumes include:

  • Asset-based community development and community-based research: Compatible agents in equitable and sustainable change? (Vol 16, no. 2, 2023).
  • Urban Youth: Engaging young people and their futures in African Cities (Vol 15, no. 2, 2022)
  • Power in engaged scholarship: Dimensions and dynamics of knowledge co-creation (Vol 14, no. 2, 2021)
  • Knowledge democracy for a transforming world (Vol 13, no. 1, 2020)
  • Institutional engagement: Intentional, innovative and rigorous (Vol 12, no. 2, 2019)

Our next upcoming guest-edited themed volume is:

  • Opening Gateways: Writing research differently (or, Is this going to be just another academic paper?) (Due December 2024).

Submissions

Gateways publishes across the full spectrum of community-based research and practice. Articles will not only bridge disciplinary boundaries but will seek to rigorously combine different knowledge bases that have traditionally been separated into academic and non-academic worlds. As such, cooperative, innovative and ethical community-based research approaches to conceptualising, designing, completing and communicating research are encouraged. Submitting authors choose from the following three sections:

  • Research (double blind peer reviewed)
  • Practice-based
  • Snapshot

For a complete description and important specifications for the different sections, please see the journal website, here.

Unsolicited submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. See information for authors, or contact Dr Margaret Malone, Managing Editor, Gateways journal.

Open scholarship

With the expertise and support of UTS ePress, Gateways has established best-practice ethical publishing. The journal charges no user or subscription fees and publishes under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Articles are available on many platforms. The journal is widely indexed with leading scholarly indexing and sharing platforms, including Scopus, Google Scholar, Clarivate Analytics, OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association) and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). 

All UTS ePress journals adhere to the F.A.I.R principles (research outputs are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable).

Previous editions of Gateways are accessible online, free of charge.

Acknowledgement of Reviewers

Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is greatly appreciative of the care and critical attention expended by all the peer reviewers from around the world who contribute to the quality of the work published in the journal. To publicly acknowledge these vital contributions, reviewers are now listed on the website annually.

Special co-editions

Detailed proposals for special co-editions are welcome. They may be based around a particular theme, network, conference or event. 

Previous co-edition partners include:

  • The University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • The University of Brighton, UK
  • Lingnan University and Baptist University, Hong Kong
  • CU Expo 2013, Canada
  • The Talloires Network

Any collaboration is dependent on the ability of partners to contribute towards the financial and in-kind resources required. For further information, please contact Dr Margaret Malone, Managing Editor.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.