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Journal of Counseling and Development

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1984

ISSN1556-6676

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.762

H-Indexi

152

SNIPi

1.682

Total Worksi

3,809

Total Citationsi

125,102

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Applied; Applied Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 48 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,809

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

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1556-6676

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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

873

2019

1.4k

2020

1.3k

2021

338

2022

338

2023

330

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.

Applied PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Applied

Scopus Categories

Applied Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentCounseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsParental Involvement in EducationFamily and Disability Support ResearchAttachment and Relationship DynamicsChild Therapy and DevelopmentEducational and Psychological AssessmentsAcademic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Counseling and Development

Is Journal of Counseling and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Counseling and Development: 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 Counseling and Development?

Journal of Counseling and Development 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 2.23.

Is Journal of Counseling and Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Counseling and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Counseling and Development?