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European Journal of Psychotraumatology
ISSN 2000-8198 · eISSN 2000-8066 · Taylor & Francis Group · United Kingdom
European Journal of Psychotraumatology: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.16; JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,704; median 147 days to acceptance (111 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 48% (journal website); 317 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Journal of Psychotraumatology is published by Taylor & Francis Group 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 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Migration, Health and Trauma and Child Abuse and Trauma, together about 50.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) is a peer-reviewed open access interdisciplinary journal owned by the European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS). Aims: The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) aims to engage scholars, clinicians and researchers in the vital issues of how to understand, prevent and treat the consequences of stress and trauma, including but not limited to, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive disorders, substance abuse, burnout, and neurobiological or physical consequences, using the latest research or clinical experience in these areas. The journal shares ESTSS’ mission to advance and disseminate scientific knowledge about traumatic stress. Papers may address individual events, repeated or chronic (complex) trauma, large scale disasters, or violence. Being open access, the European Journal of Psychotraumatology is also evidence of ESTSS’ stand on free accessibility of research publications to a wider community via the web. Scope: The European Journal of Psychotraumatology seeks to attract contributions from academics and practitioners from diverse professional backgrounds, including, but not restricted to, those in mental health, social sciences, and health and welfare services. Contributions from outside Europe are welcome. The journal welcomes original basic and clinical research articles that consolidate and expand the theoretical and professional basis of the field of traumatic stress; Review articles including meta-analyses; short communications presenting new ideas or early-stage promising research; study protocols that describe proposed or ongoing research; case reports examining a single individual or event in a real‑life context; clinical practice papers sharing experience from the clinic; letters to the Editor debating articles already published in the Journal; inaugural Lectures; conference abstracts and book reviews. Both quantitative and qualitative research is welcome. The European Journal of Psychotraumatology is open to innovative, unconventional, or inspirational contributions that move the field forward. The journal operates a double anonymized peer review policy with a minimum of two peer reviewers for all research articles. Topics: Assessment, Diagnosis Prevention, Early Interventions Clinical or Interventions Research Complex PTSD, dissociation, long term treatment (Neuro)Biological, Medical, Neuroimaging Physical health, comorbidities Biomarkers, Medication (enhanced) tr
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Miranda OlffPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 1, France 1, Norway 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchPsychology26.2%
- Migration, Health and TraumaPsychology12.9%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology11.1%
- Resilience and Mental HealthPsychology6.1%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine4.9%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine3.8%
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPsychology3.7%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology3.7%
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, 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 |
Top journal: yesReview 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, Clinical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- 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
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, J-Gate, EMcare, GoOA (Three Star Rating-Highly Recommended), Health Research Premium Collection, Hospital Premium Collect, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, JournalSeek, Open J-Gate, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Central K-12, ProQuest PILOTS Database, ScienceOpen
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
- 4.16LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.44LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.44Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.52Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 106OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,227OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 301LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 2,200,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,472 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 255 | 255 | 70 |
| 2025 | 317 | 317 | 1,161 |
| 2024 | 227 | 227 | 1,962 |
| 2023 | 181 | 181 | 2,351 |
| 2022 | 166 | 166 | 3,818 |
| 2021 | 217 | 217 | 6,652 |
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
147 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 109 days – 204 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 34 days (111 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 198 days
- Sample
- 111 articles with submission and acceptance dates (630 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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 48%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 31 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,390 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,460 | 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)
Article types accepted10
- book reviewsbook reviewsLength not stated
- case reportscase reports examining a single individual or event in a real‑life contextLength not stated
- clinical practice papersclinical practice papers sharing experience from the clinicLength not stated
- conference abstractsconference abstractsLength not stated
- inaugural lecturesinaugural LecturesLength not stated
- letters to the editorletters to the Editor debating articles already published in the JournalLength not stated
- original basic and clinical research articlesThe journal welcomes original basic and clinical research articles that consolidate and expand the theoretical and professional basis of the field of traumatic …Length not stated
- review articles including meta-analysesReview articles including meta-analysesLength not stated
- short communicationsshort communications presenting new ideas or early-stage promising researchLength not stated
- study protocolsstudy protocols that describe proposed or ongoing researchLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
European Journal of Psychotraumatology is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. 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 readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review with a minimum of two peer reviewers for all research articles. Model summary
The journal operates a double anonymized peer review policy with a minimum of two peer reviewers for all research articles.
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 Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2000-8198
- Electronic ISSN
- 2000-8066
- Society / sponsor
- European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Psychotraumatology
What CAS zone is European Journal of Psychotraumatology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Journal of Psychotraumatology is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Psychiatry / 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 European Journal of Psychotraumatology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.16; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 106.
How long does peer review take at European Journal of Psychotraumatology?
Based on the dates recorded on 111 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 147 days (interquartile range 109–204 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 48%. 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 Psychotraumatology in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine.
Where are the editorial board members of European Journal of Psychotraumatology based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (1), France (1) and Norway (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Journal of Psychotraumatology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Journal of Psychotraumatology is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Journal of Psychotraumatology open access, and what is the APC?
European Journal of Psychotraumatology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,704.
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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .