Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Behavioral Interventions
ISSN 1072-0847 · eISSN 1099-078X · Wiley-Blackwell
Behavioral Interventions: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.86; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 160 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 50% (journal website); 82 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Behavioral Interventions is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, together about 62.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Psychiatry and Mental health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Behavioral Interventions aims to report research and practice involving the utilization of applied behavior analytic techniques in the treatment, education, assessment and training of students, clients or patients, as well as training techniques used with staff. Behavioral Interventions publishes: (1) research articles, (2) brief reports (a short report of an innovative technique or intervention that may be less methodologically rigorous than a research report), (3) topical literature reviews and discussion articles, and (4) book reviews. Manuscripts consistent with the aims and scope of Behavioral Interventions are invited for review. Manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor via the journal's Research Exchange Submission site.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Editor-in-chief William AhearnPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology31.9%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience25.2%
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderMedicine5.5%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine5.4%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology5%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.7%
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsMathematics2.3%
- Disability Education and EmploymentSocial Sciences1.8%
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 | 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 |
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, Clinical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 0.86LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 547OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 73Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 168,624Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,639 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 28 | 4 |
| 2025 | 82 | 30 | 60 |
| 2024 | 79 | 47 | 157 |
| 2023 | 73 | 39 | 245 |
| 2022 | 73 | 22 | 392 |
| 2021 | 95 | 9 | 801 |
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
160 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 106 days – 221 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 173 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (160 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)
- 50%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 50%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 41 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 41 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 195 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 2,900 / EUR 2,400 / GBP 1,930 | — | — | |
| 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
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted9
- book reviewBehavioral Interventions publishes the following types of submissions: Research articles Brief reports Reviews Book reviews Letter to the EditorLength not stated
- book reviewsBehavioral Interventions publishes the following types of submissions: Research articles Brief reports Reviews Book reviews Letter to the EditorLength not stated
- brief reportBehavioral Interventions publishes the following types of submissions: Research articles Brief reports Reviews Book reviews Letter to the EditorLength not stated
- brief reportsBehavioral Interventions publishes the following types of submissions: Research articles Brief reports Reviews Book reviews Letter to the EditorLength not stated
- letter to the editorBehavioral Interventions publishes the following types of submissions: Research articles Brief reports Reviews Book reviews Letter to the EditorLength not stated
- research articleBehavioral Interventions publishes the following types of submissions: Research articles Brief reports Reviews Book reviews Letter to the EditorLength not stated
- research articlesBehavioral Interventions publishes the following types of submissions: Research articles Brief reports Reviews Book reviews Letter to the EditorLength not stated
- reviewBehavioral Interventions publishes the following types of submissions: Research articles Brief reports Reviews Book reviews Letter to the EditorLength not stated
- reviewsBehavioral Interventions publishes the following types of submissions: Research articles Brief reports Reviews Book reviews Letter to the EditorLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- AI use 1.5.19 Disclosing the use of Artificial Intelligence
If you have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section. You can view Wiley’s AI policy in full in the Authorship section of the Best Practices Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship 3.1 Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. You can review the Authorship section of Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics for Wiley’s definition of authorship.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 1.5.8 Conflict of Interest
During submission you should disclose any potential conflicts of interests (also referred to as “competing interests” or COI) that might appear to affect your ability to present work objectively. These might include relevant financial interests (for example, patent ownership, stock ownership, consultancies, or speaker’s fees), or personal, political, or religious interests. You can read more about…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability 1.5.12 Data Sharing
This journal expects data sharing. You can learn more about data sharing in Wiley’s Data Sharing Policies resource.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 3.4 COPE
This journal follows the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices). Any concerns about research practices (e.g. plagiarism, data manipulation, and image manipulation) raised via the use of screening software, editors, peer reviewers or third parties will be followe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 1.5.21 Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, all sources must be credited within the manuscript. At minimum, the title and author should be provided. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and other media" from the publisher of the original source and for supplying Wiley with that permission upon submi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 4.6.1 Open Access
This is a subscription journal that offers an Open Access publication option. After acceptance, you will have the option to make the article Open Access. If authors choose to make the article Open Access, the article will be subject to an article publication charge (APC) unless a waiver applies. Please read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts at Wiley Author Se…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1.3 Peer Review Model
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
This journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Behavioral Interventions has adopted the ANSI/NISO Standard Terminology for Peer Review. Standardizing the terminology used to describe peer review across journals and publishers helps make the peer review process for articles and journals more transparent. It will also help the community to better assess and…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints 1.5.20 Preprint Policy
Preprints accepted Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. We request authors update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving 4.8 Self-Archiving Definitions and Policies
The journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions. You can learn more by reading Wiley’s self-archiving policy.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1072-0847
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-078X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 4 (November 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Behavioral Interventions
What CAS zone is Behavioral Interventions in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Behavioral Interventions is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Behavioral Interventions?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.86; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 56.
How long does peer review take at Behavioral Interventions?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 160 days (interquartile range 106–221 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 50% (2025). 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 Behavioral Interventions?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Optional. 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.
Which databases index Behavioral Interventions?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Behavioral Interventions is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Behavioral Interventions open access, and what is the APC?
Behavioral Interventions is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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: .