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Contemporary Family Therapy

Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc. · United States

ISSN0892-2764eISSN1573-3335

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total35

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.519

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.854

Total Works

1,677

Total Citations

23,668

2yr Mean Citedness

1.01

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Aims & Scope

Contemporary Family Therapy is a peer-reviewed forum for topical issues pertaining to systemic individual, couple, and family therapy, applied family science, behavioral health, and individual, couple, and family well-being. Presents the latest developments in research, theory, and practice of systemic individual, couple, and family therapy. Examines the organization, financing, delivery, and outcomes of behavioral health services. Furthers the science of systemic individual, couple, and family therapy by exploring essential components of effective and efficacious systemic therapy. Addresses the development and delivery of systemic individual, couple, and family therapy internationally. Investigates the measurement and assessment of behavioral health constructs. Requires contributions to have clear implications for practice in systemic therapies.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,677

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0892-2764 / 1573-3335

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural StudiesClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsAttachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsCounseling Practices and SupervisionChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development