Journal profile · Psychology-Clinical Psychology
Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology
ISSN 2169-4826 · eISSN 2169-4834 · APA
Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; APC about USD 3,000; 61 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology is published by APA 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 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Child and Adolescent Health and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, together about 26.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Psychology-Clinical Psychology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology9.5%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions8.9%
- Adolescent and Pediatric HealthcareHealth Professions8.5%
- Pediatric Pain Management TechniquesMedicine8.3%
- Family Support in IllnessSocial Sciences4.5%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine4%
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyPsychology3.8%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine3.8%
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 | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Q2 | 146/351 | 58th |
| Clinical Psychology | Q3 | 164/314 | 47th |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | Q3 | 211/380 | 44th |
| Applied Psychology | Q3 | 152/258 | 41st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 168OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 769 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 3 | 407 |
| 2025 | 61 | 12 | 633 |
| 2024 | 49 | 9 | 619 |
| 2023 | 60 | 11 | 654 |
| 2022 | 65 | 11 | 574 |
| 2021 | 74 | 12 | 549 |
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.
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,000 / GBP 2,199 | — | — |
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
- APA
- ISSN
- 2169-4826
- Electronic ISSN
- 2169-4834
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology
What CAS zone is Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Clinical / Psychology, Developmental. 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.
Which databases index Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .