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Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice

American Psychological Association · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2160-4096eISSN2160-410X

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.456

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.83

Total Worksi

377

Total Citationsi

5,349

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Clinical Psychology; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications377

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?

2160-4096 / 2160-410X

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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

191

2019

181

2020

749

2021

204

2022

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 PsychologyQ3

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family Studies

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Attachment and Relationship DynamicsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsFamily Support in IllnessPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsFamily and Disability Support ResearchPosttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumReproductive Health and Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice

Is Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Couple and Family Psychology: 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 Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice?

Couple and Family Psychology: 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 0.38.

Is Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice?