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Journal of Family Therapy

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1979

ISSN1467-6427

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.346

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.689

Total Worksi

1,916

Total Citationsi

28,190

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.86

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Psychology, Clinical; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Clinical Psychology; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,916

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?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1467-6427

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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

411

2019

274

2020

433

2021

191

2022

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Clinical PsychologyQ3

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesPsychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsAttachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild Therapy and DevelopmentFamily and Disability Support ResearchCounseling Practices and SupervisionEducational and Psychological AssessmentsFamily Support in IllnessPsychiatric care and mental health services

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Family Therapy

Is Journal of Family Therapy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Family Therapy: 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 Journal of Family Therapy?

Journal of Family Therapy 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 0.86.

Is Journal of Family Therapy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Family Therapy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Family Therapy?