Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Health Psychology Research
ISSN 2420-8124 · Open Medical Publishing · United States
Health Psychology Research: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 1,200; median 44 days to acceptance (12 articles, last 24 months); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health Psychology Research is published by Open Medical Publishing 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 COVID-19 and Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Eating Disorders and Behaviors, together about 19.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology7.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology6%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology6%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions5.5%
- Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Sciences5.3%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology5.3%
- Cancer survivorship and careMedicine4.5%
- Resilience and Mental HealthPsychology4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 155OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 503 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 89 | 89 | 16 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 60 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 208 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | 367 |
| 2022 | 71 | 71 | 1,260 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 541 |
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
44 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 26 days – 72 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 44 days (12 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 97 days
- Sample
- 12 articles with submission and acceptance dates (17 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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- 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 | USD 1,200 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,200 | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Open Medical Publishing
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2420-8124
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health Psychology Research
What CAS zone is Health Psychology Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Health Psychology Research is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 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.
How long does peer review take at Health Psychology Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 12 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 44 days (interquartile range 26–72 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
Which databases index Health Psychology Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health Psychology Research is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Health Psychology Research open access, and what is the APC?
Health Psychology Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,200.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .