Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
ISSN 2164-2850 · Taylor & Francis Group · United Kingdom
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.7 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,680; median 155 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 26% (journal website); 57 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine is published by Taylor & Francis Group 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 Behavioral Health and Interventions, Physical Activity and Health and COVID-19 and Mental Health, together about 30.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine is a peer reviewed open access journal of research and practice in psychosocial, behavioral, and biomedical health. It is the official journal of the European Health Psychology Society, an organization focused on helping individuals, families, and societies to better cope with life challenges related to illness and health, by promoting rigorous science, precise interventions, and close collaborations. The organization is based in Europe but has worldwide membership, and is engaged in interchange of information related to health psychology with other associations throughout the world. The journal seeks to help build capacity and provide access to health psychology research, particularly in areas where the discipline is in it's infancy. The primary focus of the journal is to provide access to essential new research for those involved in the study, teaching, or application of behavioral, psychological, social, and biological aspects of health and illness. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine publishes international, interdisciplinary research with diverse methodological approaches on the following topics: Assessment and diagnosis Narratives, experiences, and discourses of health and illness Treatment processes and recovery Health cognitions and behaviors at population and individual levels Psychosocial and behavioral prevention interventions Psychosocial determinants and consequences of behavior Social and cultural contexts of health and illness Health, illness, and medicine Application of advanced information and communication technology The journal publishes original research articles (Quantitative - 3,500 to 5,000 words, Qualitative - up to 8,000 words); brief reports (pilot acceptability and feasibility studies, up to 2,000 words); protocols/registered reports; methods, data notes, intervention developments; reviews, meta-analyses and meta-regression analyses (no word limits), psychometric studies, methodological issues, and submissions for a special issue or series. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine operates a double anonymized peer review policy with a minimum of two peer reviewers for every article.Read the Instruction for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ireland 2, United Kingdom 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology14.5%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine9.4%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology6.9%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology6.7%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology3.9%
- Motivation and Self-Concept in SportsPsychology3.9%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine3.6%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine3.6%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| 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 Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPsycINFOPublisher 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
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 245OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 57LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 391,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 575 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 54 | 13 |
| 2025 | 57 | 57 | 219 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 327 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | 629 |
| 2022 | 66 | 66 | 886 |
| 2021 | 57 | 57 | 1,320 |
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
155 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 103 days – 214 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 174 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (124 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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 29 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 65 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | AUD 2,340 / EUR 1,615 / USD 1,680 / GBP 1,344 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 950 | — | — | |
| LetPub | AUD 2,340 / EUR 1,615 / USD 1,680 / GBP 1,344 | 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 accepted11, with length limits
- brief reportords, Qualitative - up to 8,000 words); brief reports (pilot acceptability and feasibility studies, up to 2,000 words); protocols/registered reports; methods, d…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- brief reportsbrief reports (pilot acceptability and feasibility studies, up to 2,000 words)Length not stated
- methodological issuesmethodological issuesLength not stated
- methods, data notes, intervention developmentsmethods, data notes, intervention developmentsLength not stated
- original research articlecation technology The journal publishes original research articles (Quantitative - 3,500 to 5,000 words, Qualitative - up to 8,000 words); brief reports (pilot …main text ≤ 5,000 words
- original research articles (qualitative)The journal publishes original research articles (Quantitative - 3,500 to 5,000 words, Qualitative - up to 8,000 words)Length not stated
- original research articles (quantitative)The journal publishes original research articles (Quantitative - 3,500 to 5,000 words, Qualitative - up to 8,000 words)Length not stated
- protocols/registered reportsprotocols/registered reportsLength not stated
- psychometric studiespsychometric studiesLength not stated
- reviews, meta-analyses and meta-regression analysesreviews, meta-analyses and meta-regression analyses (no word limits)Length not stated
- special issue or series submissionssubmissions for a special issue or seriesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Fully open access journal; only publishes open access articles. Model summary
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 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 reade…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review with a minimum of two peer reviewers for every article. Model summary
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine operates a double anonymized peer review policy with a minimum of two peer reviewers for every article.
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
- 2164-2850
- Society / sponsor
- European Health Psychology Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
What CAS zone is Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 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 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 47.
How long does peer review take at Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 155 days (interquartile range 103–214 days); authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26%. 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 Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (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 3 of Psychology.
Where are the editorial board members of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 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 Ireland (2) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,680.
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: .