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Journal of Humanistic Counseling

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2161-1939

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.262

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.513

Total Worksi

382

Total Citationsi

2,811

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Applied; Education; Developmental and Educational Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications382

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?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2161-1939

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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

134

2019

129

2020

105

2021

105

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.

EducationQ3

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Applied

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsResilience and Mental HealthCounseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsChild Therapy and DevelopmentPsychological Treatments and AssessmentsAcademic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyMindfulness and Compassion InterventionsMigration, Health and TraumaChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Humanistic Counseling

Is Journal of Humanistic Counseling a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Humanistic Counseling: 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 Journal of Humanistic Counseling?

Journal of Humanistic Counseling 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 0.51.

Is Journal of Humanistic Counseling indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Humanistic Counseling is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Humanistic Counseling?