Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
CLINICAL SUPERVISOR
ISSN 0732-5223 · eISSN 1545-231X · Taylor & Francis
CLINICAL SUPERVISOR: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.6 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 132 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CLINICAL SUPERVISOR is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Counseling Practices and Supervision, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications and Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics, together about 53.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Clinical Supervisor (TCS) is the only international journal devoted exclusively to the research and practice in clinical supervision - the “signature pedagogy” of mental health and related professions. A multi-disciplinary, refereed publication, the journal is a unique resource for supervision researchers, practitioners, and educators working across a range of disciplines, including counseling, allied health, substance abuse, clinical and counseling psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, creative arts therapies, psychiatric nursing and other fields in which clinical supervision is central to the education of trainees and/or support of effective practice. Key issues of interest to researchers, practitioners and trainees include: Supervision skills and approaches, models and modalities; Relationship dynamics, cultural responsiveness, and legal and ethical dilemmas including identifying and managing conflict of interest; Developmental challenges in providing supervision to clinicians in training; Unique training and support needs of supervision practitioners (e.g., those in mental health and child welfare agencies, or medical settings). The TCS particularly welcomes submissions of studies that reveal the intricacies of supervision and supervision education in action alongside work that advances measurement of supervisee and client outcomes. We welcome rigorous literature reviews that clearly delineate published work about supervision of trainees and practitioner supervision. All authors are encouraged to report how their work indicates new directions in supervision research. Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous, double anonymized reviews by at least two referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Editor-in-chief Jane Marie EdwardsPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology27.4%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology13.9%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology12.2%
- Social Work Education and PracticeSocial Sciences8.7%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology4.9%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions3%
- Psychology, Coaching, and TherapyPsychology3%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
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 | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, EJS, IndexCopernicus, NASW, NewJour, NISC USA, PSYCLINE
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.39Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.91Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 406OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 71,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,063 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 20 | 7 | 20 |
| 2024 | 15 | 3 | 48 |
| 2023 | 21 | 3 | 110 |
| 2022 | 13 | 4 | 48 |
| 2021 | 16 | 3 | 232 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 132 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
The Clinical Supervisor is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: double anonymized, at least two referees, initial editor screening. Model summary
All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous, double anonymized reviews by at least two referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0732-5223
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-231X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CLINICAL SUPERVISOR
What CAS zone is CLINICAL SUPERVISOR in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CLINICAL SUPERVISOR is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Health Policy & Services. 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 CLINICAL SUPERVISOR?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at CLINICAL SUPERVISOR?
The publisher reports about 132 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25%. 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.
Which databases index CLINICAL SUPERVISOR?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CLINICAL SUPERVISOR is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is CLINICAL SUPERVISOR open access, and what is the APC?
CLINICAL SUPERVISOR is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .