Journal profile · Psychology-Clinical Psychology
Clinical Psychological Science
ISSN 2167-7026 · eISSN 2167-7034 · SAGE · UNITED STATES
Clinical Psychological Science: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.08; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Psychological Science is published by SAGE and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mental Health Research Topics, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 43.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Association for Psychological Science’s journal, Clinical Psychological Science, emerges from this confluence to provide readers with the best, most innovative research in clinical psychological science, giving researchers of all stripes a home for their work and a place in which to communicate with a broad audience of both clinical and other scientists.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Psychology-Clinical Psychology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology17.2%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology13.9%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology12.5%
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchPsychology4.7%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology4.6%
- Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesPsychology3.1%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine3%
- Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 5.08LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 102OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 734OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.05%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 53LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,100 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 55 | 14 |
| 2025 | 59 | 42 | 196 |
| 2024 | 55 | 45 | 461 |
| 2023 | 87 | 65 | 1,373 |
| 2022 | 64 | 42 | 1,183 |
| 2021 | 124 | 85 | 4,118 |
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
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 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
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
- SAGE
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2167-7026
- Electronic ISSN
- 2167-7034
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Psychological Science
What CAS zone is Clinical Psychological Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Psychological Science is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Psychiatry / Psychology / Psychology, Clinical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Clinical Psychological Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.08; CiteScore 10.2, h-index 102.
Which databases index Clinical Psychological Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Psychological Science is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Clinical Psychological Science open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Psychological Science is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .