Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Health Psychology Review
ISSN 1743-7199 · eISSN 1743-7202 · Taylor & Francis
Health Psychology Review: CAS Zone 2 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 9.59; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 269 days to acceptance (61 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health Psychology Review is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 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, Mental Health Research Topics and Physical Activity and Health, together about 42.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Health Psychology Review (HPR) is a landmark publication – the first review journal in the important and growing discipline of health psychology. This new international forum, edited by a highly respected team, provides a leading environment for review, theory, and conceptual development. HPR contributes to the advancement of the discipline of health psychology and strengthens its relationship to the field of psychology as a whole, as well as to other related academic and professional arenas. It is essential reading for those engaged in the study, teaching, and practice of health psychology, behavioral medicine, and associated areas. HPR is dedicated to theoretical and conceptual work, as well as evaluative, integrative, meta-analytic and systematic reviews and interpretations of substantive issues in the general domain of health psychology. The journal particularly favors theory-based reviews of empirical contributions that afford integrative theoretical formulations of work in a given area of health psychology and reviews of developments that develop connections between areas of research within the general domain of health psychology as well as with other disciplines (ranging from biology to policy-oriented research domains). Papers that consider the cross-cultural and cross-national relevance and appropriateness of theories and key concepts are also welcomed. Articles focusing on methodological issues and problems of design and measurement will be considered if they make a direct and substantial contribution to theory. Brief commentaries addressing progress in specific sub-fields of health psychology, comments that apply to existing theoretical models and approaches, and discussions about previously published articles, can also be considered. Peer Review Integrity All research articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees. Disclaimer
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Editor-in-chief Geert CrombezPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology28.4%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology8.1%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine6.1%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology6%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine5.6%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions5.6%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions4.2%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · 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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEMEDLINEPsycINFOPublisher website
Other: Naver
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
- 9.59LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 9.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 13.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 20.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 20.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.66LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 3.66Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 4.99LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 4.99Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 109OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 398OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 40%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 701,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 530 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 14 | 12 |
| 2025 | 34 | 25 | 203 |
| 2024 | 32 | 27 | 541 |
| 2023 | 20 | 13 | 1,132 |
| 2022 | 32 | 22 | 1,307 |
| 2021 | 22 | 15 | 1,431 |
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
269 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 206 days – 338 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (61 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 286 days
- Sample
- 61 articles with submission and acceptance dates (65 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)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Health Psychology Review 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 discoverability an…
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
- ISSN
- 1743-7199
- Electronic ISSN
- 1743-7202
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health Psychology Review
What CAS zone is Health Psychology Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Health Psychology Review is in Zone 2 of Psychology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Psychology, Clinical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Health Psychology Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 9.59; CiteScore 20.2, h-index 109.
How long does peer review take at Health Psychology Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 61 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 269 days (interquartile range 206–338 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11%. 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 Review 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 Psychology.
Which databases index Health Psychology Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health Psychology Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, MEDLINE and PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Health Psychology Review open access, and what is the APC?
Health Psychology Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .