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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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.37

H-Indexi

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—

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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6/11 · 55%

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

336

2019

107

468

2020

104

602

2021

107

400

2022

103

190

2023

104

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. 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?