Journal profile · Psychology
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
ISSN 1548-5943 · eISSN 1548-5951 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 2005
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology: CAS Zone 1 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 18.37; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: hard; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Mental Health Research Topics and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology, together about 33.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Clinical Psychology provides comprehensive reviews of significant developments in the field of clinical psychology and psychiatry. The journal covers research, theory, and the application of psychological principles to address recognized disorders, including schizophrenia, mood, anxiety, childhood, substance use, cognitive, and personality disorders. Articles also address broader issues cross-cutting the field, such as diagnosis, treatment, social policy, and cross-cultural and legal issues.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology13.2%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology12.5%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology8.1%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities6%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology5%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology4.9%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine4.6%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 18.37LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 18.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 29.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 6.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 6.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 103LetPub ·
- h-index
- 189OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 422OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 19.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.31%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 499 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 16 | 34 |
| 2025 | 25 | 24 | 383 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 806 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 1,049 |
| 2022 | 22 | 14 | 1,793 |
| 2021 | 25 | 18 | 3,427 |
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
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
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.
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
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 2005
- ISSN
- 1548-5943
- Electronic ISSN
- 1548-5951
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Clinical Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology is in Zone 1 of Psychology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Psychology / Psychology, Clinical; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Clinical Psychology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 18.37; CiteScore 29.4, h-index 189.
Which databases index Annual Review of Clinical Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Clinical Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 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: .