Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Australian Psychologist
ISSN 0005-0067 · eISSN 1742-9544 · Taylor & Francis
Australian Psychologist: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.94; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,500; median 273 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 21% (journal website); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Australian Psychologist is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, Counseling Practices and Supervision and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 28.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Australian Psychologist is the flagship journal of the Australian Psychological Society for practicing professional psychologists. It is an international peer-reviewed journal which focuses on current issues in the science and practice of psychology, and how this applies to professional practice and public policy, with an emphasis on mental health and wellbeing. The Australian Psychologist is predominantly Australia-focused, cross-cultural, and inclusive of all demographics, including Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with international perspectives encouraged. Topics include: Program development Evaluation Use of psychological assessments and treatments with clinical and specialised populations across the lifespan Neuropsychology The journal encourages papers that focus on the application of research to professional settings such as public health, organizational psychology, sport and forensic psychology, and community settings. Topics related to the practice of clinical psychology should be sent to the Australian Psychological Society’s journal Clinical Psychologist. The Australian Psychologist welcomes quantitative and narrative reviews (e.g., meta-analyses, systematic reviews), qualitative research, commentaries, and methodologically sound case studies. The Australian Psychologist operates a double anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Please read the Instructions for Authors before submitting your manuscript to Australian Psychologist. The manuscript and peer-review reports may be transferred to one of the other journals of the Australian Psychological Society ( Australian Journal of Psychology, Clinical Psychologist, or Educational and Developmental Psychologist) if the scope of the paper is not found suitable for publication in the Australian Psychologist, but is suitable for these other journals. Authors will receive a notification if their manuscript is being considered for transfer, and at that time can decide if they want to pursue the transfer. If authors do NOT wish to be considered for transfer to an alternative journal after rejection for this journal, this should be noted in the cover letter.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Melissa OxladPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 3, United States 1, New Zealand 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology11.8%
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology9.2%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7.9%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology7.9%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology6.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.3%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology4.2%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions3.8%
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, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
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 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
AHCIWeb of SciencePsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC, Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing), Academic Search Complete (EBSCO Publishing), Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing), Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing), Advanced Placement Source (EBSCO Publishing), ArticleFirst (OCLC), Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre (EBSCO Publishing), Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCO Publishing), Education Research Complete (EBSCO Publishing), Electronic Collections Online (OCLC), Ergonomics Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing), Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest), Hospital Premium Collection (ProQuest), Periodical Index Online (ProQuest), ProQuest Central (ProQuest), ProQuest Central K-64, Psychology Database (ProQuest), Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest), SocINDEX (EBSCO Publishing), SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO Publishing), Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts (T&F), Violence & Abuse Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing)
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
- 1.94LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.68Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.74Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 961OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.23%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 299,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,879 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 29 | 13 |
| 2025 | 35 | 21 | 49 |
| 2024 | 53 | 39 | 239 |
| 2023 | 54 | 36 | 440 |
| 2022 | 33 | 12 | 291 |
| 2021 | 56 | 11 | 870 |
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
273 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 194 days – 363 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 38 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 318 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (100 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)
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 131 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 54 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,500 / EUR 2,083 / GBP 1,667 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- Topics related to the practice of clinical psychology
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Australian Psychologist 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 discoverability and…
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
- 0005-0067
- Electronic ISSN
- 1742-9544
- Society / sponsor
- Australian Psychological Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 61, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Australian Psychologist
What CAS zone is Australian Psychologist in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Australian Psychologist is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Multidisciplinary. 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.
What is the impact factor of Australian Psychologist?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.94; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 87.
How long does peer review take at Australian Psychologist?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 273 days (interquartile range 194–363 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Australian Psychologist in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Psychology.
Where are the editorial board members of Australian Psychologist based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (3), United States (1) and New Zealand (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Australian Psychologist?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Australian Psychologist is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists AHCI, Web of Science, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Australian Psychologist open access, and what is the APC?
Australian Psychologist is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,500.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .