Abstract: Sense of community is a mutual influence that community members have on each other and their related community, a feeling that members have of belonging, a shared faith that members’ needs will be met by their commitment to be together, and an emotional connection that is formed on the community history. Initially, this article presents the formulation and development of PSOC concept. Then the article introduces some recent achievements on different types of PSOC, influential factors of PSOC and measurement. Finally, the article points out that the trend of further research should be focused on varying methods, expanding the research fields and developing PSOC competency

Key words: PSOC, influential factors, measurement, the trend of further research