Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
American Journal of Psychotherapy
ISSN 0002-9564 · eISSN 2575-6559 · Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
American Journal of Psychotherapy: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Journal of Psychotherapy is published by Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Mental Health and Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 55.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology38.7%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities9.1%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7.4%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology5.4%
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology4.5%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology3.6%
- Child Therapy and DevelopmentPsychology3.4%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 160OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,170OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,715 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 49 | 6 | 67 |
| 2024 | 46 | 11 | 141 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4 | 111 |
| 2022 | 38 | 5 | 352 |
| 2021 | 45 | 6 | 684 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
- ISSN
- 0002-9564
- Electronic ISSN
- 2575-6559
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Psychotherapy
What CAS zone is American Journal of Psychotherapy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Journal of Psychotherapy is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychology, Clinical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index American Journal of Psychotherapy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Journal of Psychotherapy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is American Journal of Psychotherapy open access, and what is the APC?
American Journal of Psychotherapy is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .