Journal profile · Psychology-Psychology (all)
Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation
ISSN 2150-1378 · eISSN 2150-1386 · SAGE
Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 156 days to acceptance (27 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 21% (journal website); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation is published by SAGE. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Counseling Practices and Supervision, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications and Psychometric Methodologies and Testing, together about 44.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CORE) provides counselor educators, researchers, educators, and other mental health practitioners with outcome research and program evaluation practices for work with individuals across the lifespan. It addresses topics such as treatment efficacy, program impacts, clinical diagnostic practices, research and evaluation designs, and outcome measure reviews. This journal also serves to address ethical, legal, and cultural concerns in the assessment of dependent variables, implementation of clinical interventions, and outcome research. Manuscripts typically fall into one of the following categories: Counseling Outcome Research: Treatment efficacy and effectiveness of mental health, school, addictions, rehabilitation, family, and college counseling interventions across the lifespan as reported in clinical trials, single-case research designs, single-group designs, and multi- or mixed-method designs. Outcome-Based Program Evaluation: Evaluation practices across counseling settings, program development and process evaluations, quantitative, qualitative, and multi- or mixed-method outcome evaluations, evaluation methodology, evaluation ethics, interdisciplinary evaluations, cultural issues in program evaluations. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Qualitative and quantitative syntheses of outcome research featuring estimations of treatment effectiveness, characteristics that moderate outcomes, and implications for public policy. Reliability and validity generalization studies. Outcome-Based Diagnostic Practices: Reports and evaluations of diagnostic practices and processes in clinical settings, particularly in reference to differential diagnosis, dual diagnosis issues, incidence and prevalence of clinical diagnoses. Reports of broader impacts of diagnostic practices on treatment, prognosis, and well-being. Outcome Research Design: Methodological issues in intervention research, innovative qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methodology, single subject designs, case studies exemplifying assessment and outcome research practices, statistics in assessment and outcome research, data analysis procedures, and report writing. Outcome Measure Reviews: Critical reviews and integration of classes or groups of clinical assessment tools used as dependent variables in research studies and outcome measures in clinical practice.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychology-Psychology (all)
Editor-in-chief Joshua C. WatsonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 34, Türkiye 1 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology21%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology16.6%
- Psychometric Methodologies and TestingDecision Sciences6.7%
- Evaluation and Performance AssessmentDecision Sciences6.1%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences4.7%
- Psychology Research and BibliometricsPsychology3.8%
- Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychology3.2%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | Q1 | 22/220 | 90th |
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
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, National Centre for PTSD, OCLC ArticleFirst, Electronic Collections Online, Ovid, ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.24Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.44LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 2.44Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.14OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 27,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 188 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 1 | 317 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 384 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1 | 418 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 369 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2 | 334 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 317 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
156 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 124 days – 211 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (27 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 172 days
- Sample
- 27 articles with submission and acceptance dates (28 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 55 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted6
- counseling outcome researchCounseling Outcome Research: Treatment efficacy and effectiveness of mental health, school, addictions, rehabilitation, family, and college counseling intervent…Length not stated
- outcome measure reviewsOutcome Measure Reviews: Critical reviews and integration of classes or groups of clinical assessment tools used as dependent variables in research studies and …Length not stated
- outcome research designOutcome Research Design: Methodological issues in intervention research, innovative qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methodology, single subject designs, cas…Length not stated
- outcome-based diagnostic practicesOutcome-Based Diagnostic Practices: Reports and evaluations of diagnostic practices and processes in clinical settings, particularly in reference to differentia…Length not stated
- outcome-based program evaluationOutcome-Based Program Evaluation: Evaluation practices across counseling settings, program development and process evaluations, quantitative, qualitative, and m…Length not stated
- systematic reviews and meta-analysesSystematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Qualitative and quantitative syntheses of outcome research featuring estimations of treatment effectiveness, characteristi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation 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 …
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 2150-1378
- Electronic ISSN
- 2150-1386
- Society / sponsor
- Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation
How long does peer review take at Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation?
Based on the dates recorded on 27 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 156 days (interquartile range 124–211 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21%. 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 Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (34) and Türkiye (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation open access, and what is the APC?
Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation is a subscription journal. 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: .