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Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1987

ISSN2044-8341

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.415

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.436

Total Worksi

1,206

Total Citationsi

33,289

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,206

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?

2044-8341

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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

1.9k

2019

1.5k

2020

1.3k

2021

902

2022

760

2023

195

2024

155

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Clinical PsychologyQ1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychiatryPsychologyPsychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsSchizophrenia research and treatmentPersonality Disorders and PsychopathologyAttachment and Relationship DynamicsAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesMindfulness and Compassion InterventionsCounseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsDigital Mental Health InterventionsMental Health and PsychiatryChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequently asked questions about Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Is Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice: 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 Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice?

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 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 1.52.

Is Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.