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Psychological Injury and Law

Springer New York · United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1938-9728

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

136

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 96d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.809

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.001

Total Worksi

553

Total Citationsi

7,683

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Clinical; Ecology; Law; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications553

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1938-9728

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

492

2019

530

2020

586

2021

438

2022

142

2023

243

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.

EcologyQ1

LawQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

LawPsychiatry and Mental HealthEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchPosttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationChild Abuse and TraumaPsychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationPsychological Testing and AssessmentPersonality Disorders and Psychopathology

Frequently asked questions about Psychological Injury and Law

Is Psychological Injury and Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Psychological Injury and Law: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Psychological Injury and Law?

Psychological Injury and Law 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 3.88.

Is Psychological Injury and Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Psychological Injury and Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Psychological Injury and Law?