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Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2021

ISSN2692-4951eISSN2692-496X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.35

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.445

Total Worksi

161

Total Citationsi

365

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Applied; Gender Studies; Applied Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications161

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2692-4951 / 2692-496X

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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

297

2019

233

2020

186

2021

103

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.

Gender StudiesQ2

Applied PsychologyQ3

Clinical PsychologyQ3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Applied

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologyGender StudiesPsychiatry and Mental HealthClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyGender Roles and Identity StudiesCounseling Practices and SupervisionReproductive Health and TechnologiesSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsAttachment and Relationship DynamicsMarriage and Sexual RelationshipsEducation Systems and PolicyRacial and Ethnic Identity Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling

Is Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of LGBTQ Issues in 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 LGBTQ Issues in Counseling?

Journal of LGBTQ Issues in 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 0.65.

Is Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling?