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Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Routledge · United States · Est. 1974

ISSN1521-0715

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.641

H-Indexi

119

SNIPi

1.029

Total Worksi

2,566

Total Citationsi

79,945

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Psychology, Clinical; Clinical Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

FrequencyBimonthly, 2013-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,566

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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?

1521-0715

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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

1.9k

2019

1.3k

2020

1.1k

2021

710

2022

412

2023

216

2024

104

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

Family StudiesPsychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sexual function and dysfunction studiesSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthAttachment and Relationship DynamicsMarriage and Sexual RelationshipsLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsGender, Feminism, and MediaHormonal and reproductive studiesGender Roles and Identity Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Is Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Sex and Marital 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 Sex and Marital Therapy?

Journal of Sex and Marital 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 1.42.

Is Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy?