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American Journal of Family Therapy
ISSN 0192-6187 · eISSN 1521-0383 · Taylor & Francis
American Journal of Family Therapy: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.75; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 81 days to acceptance (77 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 24% (journal website); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Journal of Family Therapy is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 38.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The American Journal of Family Therapy continues to be the incisive, authoritative, independent voice in an ever-changing field. Contents include the latest techniques for assessing and treating couples and families, and issues and research on a variety of topics, including: normal and dysfunctional family relationships sexuality, intimacy, divorce, and premarital counseling traditional and alternative family styles and parenting styles family measurement techniques family legal issues school and community approaches to family intervention child and family custody evaluations couple and family therapy training and continuing education family spirituality and religious issues medical family therapy and family behavioral medicine family therapy in integrated primary care evidence based practice in family therapy The American Journal of Family Therapy appeals to a wide readership, including marriage and family therapists, family counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, allied health practitioners, professional counselors, clinical social workers, clergy, physicians, and nurses. Peer Review Policy: All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review. Readership: Marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, allied health and mental health practitioners, counselors, clinical social workers, physicians, nurses, clergy practitioners.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology17.3%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology12.1%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology8.9%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology8.8%
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences7.8%
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology5.4%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology4.3%
- Family Support in IllnessSocial Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Family Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Family Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Family Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPsycINFOCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.75LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2024
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.41Publisher website ·
- SJR (publisher) 2024
- 0.41Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2024
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 785OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 122,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2024
- 122,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,898 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 48 | 5 | 39 |
| 2024 | 25 | 6 | 47 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| 2022 | 32 | 5 | 223 |
| 2021 | 55 | 8 | 356 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
81 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 60 days – 115 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 114 days
- Sample
- 77 articles with submission and acceptance dates (84 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2024
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2024
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2024
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2024
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
The American Journal of Family Therapy is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the disc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All review papers undergo editorial screening and peer review. Model summary
Peer Review Policy: All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0192-6187
- Electronic ISSN
- 1521-0383
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 54, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Family Therapy
What CAS zone is American Journal of Family Therapy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Journal of Family Therapy is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Family Studies / Psychology, Clinical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of American Journal of Family Therapy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.75; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 80.
How long does peer review take at American Journal of Family Therapy?
Based on the dates recorded on 77 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 81 days (interquartile range 60–115 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24% (2024). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index American Journal of Family Therapy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Journal of Family Therapy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is American Journal of Family Therapy open access, and what is the APC?
American Journal of Family Therapy is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .