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Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1959

ISSN1752-0606

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.639

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

1.276

Total Worksi

3,240

Total Citationsi

81,324

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Psychology, Clinical; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science; Clinical Psychology; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1959

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,240

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?

1752-0606

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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

592

2019

415

2020

105

1.5k

2021

210

2022

227

2023

140

2024

124

191

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesPsychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Attachment and Relationship DynamicsCounseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentCounseling Practices and SupervisionFamily and Disability Support ResearchChild Therapy and DevelopmentFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsMarriage and Sexual RelationshipsChild Abuse and Trauma

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Is Journal of Marital and Family Therapy a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Marital and 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 0.85.

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

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

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