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Journal of Loss and Trauma

Routledge · United States · Est. 2001

ISSN1532-5024eISSN1532-5032

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.666

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.808

Total Worksi

1,193

Total Citationsi

25,288

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Loss and Trauma publishes research on personal losses relating to family, health, and aging issues. The journal addresses psychological and physical health and interpersonal losses relative to extended family, community life, and society. It also explores topics under the 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,193

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

1532-5024 / 1532-5032

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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

2019

3.1k

2020

663

2021

717

2022

362

2023

278

2024

148

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)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Social

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Migration, Health and TraumaPosttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthResilience and Mental HealthChild Abuse and TraumaCOVID-19 and Mental HealthHomelessness and Social IssuesFamily Support in IllnessPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesOptimism, Hope, and Well-being

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Loss and Trauma

Is Journal of Loss and Trauma a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Loss and Trauma: 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 Loss and Trauma?

Journal of Loss and Trauma 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 1.69.

Is Journal of Loss and Trauma indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Loss and Trauma is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.