Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education
ISSN 2174-8144 · eISSN 2254-9625 · Asociación Universitaria de Educación · Spain
European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.7 (journal website); JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 50 days to acceptance (123 articles, last 24 months); 267 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education is published by Asociación Universitaria de Educación and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Aging, Health, and Disability, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and COVID-19 and Mental Health, together about 22.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education (EJIHPE) is a scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original articles and systematic reviews or meta-analyses related to research on human development throughout the life cycle, published monthly online. It is the official journal of the Spanish Scientific Society for Research and Training in Health Sciences (SOCI-CCSS) (formerly the University Association of Education and Psychology (ASUNIVEP)). Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions. High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, ESCI (Web of Science), PMC, PubMed, and other databases. Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Psychology, Clinical) / CiteScore - Q1 (Clinical Psychology) Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 27 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 3.6 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026). Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 11, Italy 8, United States 2, Portugal 2, France 1 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Aging, Health, and DisabilityMedicine8.7%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7.4%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology6.9%
- Resilience and Mental HealthPsychology6.1%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology5.8%
- Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Bullying, Victimization, and AggressionPsychology5%
- Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychology4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
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
- JCR Q1 · Psychology, Clinical
- CiteScore Q1 · Clinical Psychology
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPubMedPublisher website
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
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 413OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 264LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,616 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 147 | 147 | 54 |
| 2025 | 267 | 267 | 918 |
| 2024 | 195 | 195 | 1,658 |
| 2023 | 205 | 205 | 2,796 |
| 2022 | 134 | 134 | 1,858 |
| 2021 | 119 | 119 | 3,251 |
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 PubMed · to
50 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 42 days – 69 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 3 days (123 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 56 days
- Sample
- 123 articles with submission and acceptance dates (431 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 3.6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CHF 1,400 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,400 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 1,400 | Yes | — | |
| 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)
Open calls for papers10, by deadline
- Psychological Safety: Bodily and Psychological Determinants in Clinical SettingsDeadline
- Contemporary Developments in Psychological ModellingDeadline
- Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Well-Being, and Belonging in Education Across the Disciplines—2nd EditionDeadline
- Risky Behaviors Among Youth: Assessment, Prevention, and InterventionDeadline
- Advancements in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: The Emerging Challenges, Insights, and Coping StrategiesDeadline
- Emerging Trends and Clinical Innovations in Psychotherapy: Integrative Insights on Theory and PracticeDeadline
- Psychological and Social Determinants of Violence in School Environments: Advancing in the Prevention and Reduction of Its EffectsDeadline
- The Families of Adolescents and Young Adults: Their Perceived Characteristics and FunctioningDeadline
- Body-Related Attitudes, Self-Esteem, and Psychological WellbeingDeadline
- Emotional Intelligence Development in YouthDeadline
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted18
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data policies informed by TOP Guidelines. Model summary
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in EJIHPE will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Published by MDPI on behalf of the University Association of Education and Psychology. Licensee MDPI, Basel, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
Originality requirement: no prior publication or simultaneous submission. Model summary
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
EJIHPE accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates independently…
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
- Asociación Universitaria de Educación
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2174-8144
- Electronic ISSN
- 2254-9625
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education
What CAS zone is European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychology, Clinical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.1, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 123 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 50 days (interquartile range 42–69 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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.
What JCR quartile is European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, Psychology, Clinical Q1. JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Psychology.
What are the manuscript requirements of European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (11), Italy (8) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education open access, and what is the APC?
European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .