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Psychoanalytic Psychology

American Psychological Association · United States · Est. 1984

ISSN1939-1331

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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SJR Scorei

0.473

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.771

Total Worksi

3,164

Total Citationsi

30,592

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Psychoanalytic Psychology aims to advance the scientific and scholarly understanding of psychoanalysis by fostering a dialogue grounded in clinical insight, psychological inquiry, and empirical research. It serves as a resource for original contributions that reflect and broaden the interaction between psychoanalysis and psychology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 55 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,164

Publisher OrgAmerican Psychological Association

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Psychological Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1939-1331

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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

520

2019

137

2020

245

2021

120

2022

155

2023

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.

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, ClinicalPsychology, Psychoanalysis

Scopus Categories

Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsAcademic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyCounseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsChild Therapy and DevelopmentPersonality Disorders and PsychopathologyAttachment and Relationship DynamicsTransactional Analysis in PsychotherapyPsychological Testing and AssessmentMental Health and PsychiatryChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequently asked questions about Psychoanalytic Psychology

Is Psychoanalytic Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Psychoanalytic Psychology: 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 Psychoanalytic Psychology?

Psychoanalytic Psychology 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 0.20.

Is Psychoanalytic Psychology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Psychoanalytic Psychology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.