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Families, Systems and Health

American Psychological Association · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1091-7527eISSN1939-0602

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.37

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.432

Total Worksi

2,189

Total Citationsi

24,087

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Health Care Sciences & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Applied Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 100 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,189

Publisher OrgAmerican Psychological Association

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Psychological Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1091-7527 / 1939-0602

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

Citations received

329

2019

107

458

2020

104

577

2021

107

387

2022

103

170

2023

2024

100

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Applied PsychologyQ3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesHealth Care Sciences & ServicesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesFamily Support in IllnessFamily and Disability Support ResearchChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentInterprofessional Education and CollaborationMental Health Treatment and AccessFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Policy Implementation ScienceChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeChild and Adolescent Health

Frequently asked questions about Families, Systems and Health

Is Families, Systems and Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Families, Systems and Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Families, Systems and Health?

Families, Systems and Health is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.52.

Is Families, Systems and Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Families, Systems and Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Families, Systems and Health?