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Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy

Elsevier Masson s.r.l. · France · Est. 2020

ISSN2589-9791eISSN2589-9791

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.693

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.665

Total Worksi

250

Total Citationsi

1,365

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Psychology, Clinical; Clinical Psychology; Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications250

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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?

Elsevier Masson s.r.l.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2589-9791 / 2589-9791

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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

578

2020

350

2021

200

2022

187

2023

121

2024

108

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

Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyQ2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychiatryPsychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental HealthClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentDigital Mental Health InterventionsEating Disorders and BehaviorsMental Health Treatment and AccessDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringMental Health Research TopicsObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy

Is Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy: 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 Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy?

Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy 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 1.55.

Is Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy?