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Clinical Psychologist

Routledge · United States · Est. 1975

ISSN1328-4207eISSN1742-9552

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.617

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.626

Total Worksi

755

Total Citationsi

8,705

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Clinical Psychologist aims to foster the development of research in clinical psychology, including topics such as depression, mental health, anxiety, and psychopathology. The journal also seeks to bridge the gap between clinical research and clinical practice.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

FrequencyThree No. A Year, 2006-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications755

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1328-4207 / 1742-9552

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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

413

2019

337

2020

326

2021

215

2022

185

2023

2024

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.

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychologyPsychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesEating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersMental Health Treatment and AccessCounseling Practices and SupervisionDigital Mental Health InterventionsPersonality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Psychologist

Is Clinical Psychologist a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Psychologist: 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 Clinical Psychologist?

Clinical Psychologist 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 1.22.

Is Clinical Psychologist indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Psychologist is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.