Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

Cognitive Behaviour Therapist is published by Cambridge University Press 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 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, together about 27.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist is an open access interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, online practitioner journal for CBT therapists, supervisors, and trainers. It features a range of papers, including practice-focused articles detailing clinical interventions, research reports concerning the practice of cognitive behaviour therapy, case reports, audits relevant to practice, and reviews of clinical scales. The journal also publishes papers with an education, training, or supervision focus, as well as literature reviews directly relevant to CBT practitioners. The key requirement for papers is that they contribute to the theory, practice and evolution of CBT. Its electronic format ensures timely publication, facilitating professional debate.tCBT is keen to contribute to increased inclusivity and progress towards equity within the field of CBT. It therefore welcomes submissions on topics that impact on practitioners and patients from minoritised identities (such as, but not limited to, sexuality, gender, ethnicity). We encourage all authors and reviewers to support the journal’s aims by considering inclusivity of people with minoritised identities within submissions where appropriate. This could for example be discussion of the ethnicities of research participants, reference to specific issues that may be relevant for people from minoritised groups within clinical guidance papers or acknowledgement of gaps in our knowledge.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

54Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

3.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.99LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.07LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

36OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

215OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.81OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

14.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

78.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

60LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISSN

1754-470X

Society / sponsor

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website