Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
British Journal of Psychotherapy
ISSN 0265-9883 · eISSN 1752-0118 · Wiley-Blackwell
British Journal of Psychotherapy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,300; review about 151 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 49% (journal website); 67 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
British Journal of Psychotherapy is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics and Child Therapy and Development, together about 52.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
British Journal of Psychotherapy focuses on the unconscious in individual, group and institutional practice, and has a wide-ranging psychoanalytic frame of reference.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Editor-in-chief Susan L. KegerreisPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 6, United States 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology33.3%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology13%
- Child Therapy and DevelopmentPsychology6.4%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities5.5%
- Transactional Analysis in PsychotherapyPsychology4.9%
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology3.6%
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology3.3%
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology ResearchPsychology3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 234OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 39.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 54Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 166,638Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,977 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025 | 67 | 31 | 23 |
| 2024 | 67 | 37 | 44 |
| 2023 | 79 | 50 | 68 |
| 2022 | 103 | 19 | 119 |
| 2021 | 102 | 8 | 191 |
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
151 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) 2025
- 49%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 36 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 151 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 19 daysPublisher 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 3,300 / EUR 2,760 / GBP 2,220 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0265-9883
- Electronic ISSN
- 1752-0118
- Society / sponsor
- British Psychotherapy Foundation
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 42, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about British Journal of Psychotherapy
What CAS zone is British Journal of Psychotherapy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, British Journal of Psychotherapy is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of British Journal of Psychotherapy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at British Journal of Psychotherapy?
The publisher reports about 151 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 49% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of British Journal of Psychotherapy based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (6) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index British Journal of Psychotherapy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, British Journal of Psychotherapy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is British Journal of Psychotherapy open access, and what is the APC?
British Journal of Psychotherapy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,300.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .