Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Behavior Modification
ISSN 0145-4455 · eISSN 1552-4167 · SAGE
Behavior Modification: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.03; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 259 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 16% (journal website); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Behavior Modification is published by SAGE 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 Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 53.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Behavior Modification (BMO) presents insightful research, reports, and reviews on applied behavior modification. Each issue offers successful assessment and modification techniques applicable to problems in psychiatric, clinical, educational, and rehabilitative settings, as well as treatment manuals and program descriptions. Practical features help … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 52, Spain 1 (53 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology24.9%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience16%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology12.3%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology6.2%
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderMedicine4.4%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology4.1%
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersPsychology3.3%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine2.8%
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, 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)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.03LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,327OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,006 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 21 | 8 | 31 |
| 2024 | 20 | 9 | 85 |
| 2023 | 46 | 7 | 72 |
| 2022 | 39 | 10 | 456 |
| 2021 | 43 | 12 | 679 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
259 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 259 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 45 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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted10, with length limits
- brief reportBehavior Modification seeks submissions in the following areas: (1) assessment and modification techniques for problems in psychiatric, clinical, education, and…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- brief reportsBrief reports cover replication studies, preliminary research study results, and secondary data analysis. Brief reports should include no more than 3,000 words …Length not stated
- commentaryBehavior Modification seeks submissions in the following areas: (1) assessment and modification techniques for problems in psychiatric, clinical, education, and…Length not stated
- letter to the editorBehavior Modification seeks submissions in the following areas: (1) assessment and modification techniques for problems in psychiatric, clinical, education, and…Length not stated
- letters to the editorBehavior Modification seeks submissions in the following areas: (1) assessment and modification techniques for problems in psychiatric, clinical, education, and…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- original research articleBehavior Modification seeks submissions in the following areas: (1) assessment and modification techniques for problems in psychiatric, clinical, education, and…Length not stated
- original research articlesThe journal publishes original research articles, reviews, special issue manuscripts, and brief reports, and letters to the Editor.Length not stated
- reviewBehavior Modification seeks submissions in the following areas: (1) assessment and modification techniques for problems in psychiatric, clinical, education, and…Length not stated
- reviewsThe journal publishes original research articles, reviews, special issue manuscripts, and brief reports, and letters to the Editor.Length not stated
- special issue manuscriptsThe journal publishes original research articles, reviews, special issue manuscripts, and brief reports, and letters to the Editor.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data sharing encouraged: share data in public repository, include data availability statement, cite data. Model summary
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Journal is a member of COPE. Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, fees apply. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discou…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor and Associate Editors Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy: journal considers submissions posted on preprint servers; enter preprint DOI at submission; do not post updated versions during peer review. Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
Clinical trial registration required in WHO-approved registry at or before first participant enrollment; retrospective registration considered with acceptable justification. Model summary
The journal endorses the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment. However, consistent with the AllTrials campaign, retrospectively registered trials will be considered if the justification for late registration is acceptable. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be …
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0145-4455
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-4167
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Behavior Modification
What CAS zone is Behavior Modification in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Behavior Modification 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.
What is the impact factor of Behavior Modification?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.03; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 124.
How long does peer review take at Behavior Modification?
The publisher reports about 259 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16%. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Behavior Modification?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–150 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Behavior Modification based?
Of the 53 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (52) and Spain (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Behavior Modification?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Behavior Modification is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Behavior Modification open access, and what is the APC?
Behavior Modification is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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: .