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Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

American Psychological Association · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN1949-2723

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.924

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.236

Total Worksi

1,190

Total Citationsi

28,577

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Clinical; Clinical Psychology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyBimonthly, 2018-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,190

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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?

1949-2723

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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

100

2.3k

2019

1.1k

2020

781

2021

100

1.1k

2022

494

2023

251

2024

110

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 PsychologyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyMental Health Research TopicsPersonality Traits and PsychologyPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsMental Health and PsychiatryPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesDigital Mental Health InterventionsPsychological Testing and Assessment

Frequently asked questions about Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Is Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment: 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 Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment?

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment 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 1.20.

Is Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment?