Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
ISSN 0021-8855 · eISSN 1938-3703 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis: CAS Zone 1 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3.35; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,470; median 255 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 16% (journal website); 65 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, together about 67.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is a journal that publishes research about applications of the experimental analysis of behavior to problems of social importance. Abstracting and Indexing Information ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) Abstracts in Social Gerontology (EBSCO Publishing) Academic OneFile (GALE Cengage) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Complete (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) AMED: Allied & Complementary Medicine Database (British Library) ArticleFirst (OCLC) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Biography Index (EBSCO Publishing) Book Review Digest Plus (EBSCO Publishing) Business Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) Business Premium Collection (ProQuest) Business Source Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Business Source Complete (EBSCO Publishing) Business Source Corporate (EBSCO Publishing) Business Source Elite (EBSCO Publishing) Business Source Premier (EBSCO Publishing) Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCO Publishing) Communication Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) Criminology Collection (ProQuest) Current Index to Statistics (ASA/IMS) Education Collection (ProQuest) Education Database (ProQuest) Education Full Text (HW Wilson) Education Index Retrospective (EBSCO Publishing) Education Index/Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) Education Research Complete (EBSCO Publishing) Educator’s Reference Complete (GALE Cengage) ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center (CSC) Expanded Academic ASAP (GALE Cengage) Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCO Publishing) General OneFile (GALE Cengage) Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest) Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest) Hospital Premium Collection (ProQuest) Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective (EBSCO Publishing) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) Medical Database (ProQuest) MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM) Nursing & Allied Health Database (ProQuest) OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (HW Wilson) OmniFile Full Text Select (HW Wilson) Periodical Index Online (ProQuest) Professional Collection (GALE Cengage) Professional Development Collection (EBSCO Publishing) Proquest Business Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central K-286 ProQuest Professional Education (ProQuest) Psychology Database (ProQuest) PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA) Research Library (ProQuest) Research Library Prep (ProQuest) RILM Abstracts of Music Literatu
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Editor-in-chief Louis HagopianPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 68, Canada 1, Brazil 1 (70 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology37.4%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience23.8%
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderMedicine6.8%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.8%
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsMathematics4.4%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine3.4%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology2.6%
- Bullying, Victimization, and AggressionPsychology2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
AHCIMEDLINEPubMedPsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC
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
- 3.35LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 200OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,394OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 23.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 50Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 761,267Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,440 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 26 | 13 |
| 2025 | 65 | 30 | 70 |
| 2024 | 84 | 53 | 491 |
| 2023 | 87 | 58 | 889 |
| 2022 | 72 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2021 | 100 | 25 | 1,782 |
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
255 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 189 days – 336 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 284 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (117 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)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 259 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,470 / EUR 2,900 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- book reviewPlease see below the following table for more detailed descriptions of article types. Research Articles and Replications should contain each of the components d…Length not stated
- commentaryPlease see below the following table for more detailed descriptions of article types. Research Articles and Replications should contain each of the components d…Length not stated
- concise reviewConcise Review Concise review of the literature spanning 5–10 years, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses 3000 word limit for the entire manuscriptLength not stated
- discussion articleDiscussion Article Critical evaluation of particular areas of research None Commentary Discussion articles may be published with an accompanying Editor-invited …Length not stated
- literature reviewPlease see below the following table for more detailed descriptions of article types. Research Articles and Replications should contain each of the components d…Length not stated
- meta-analysisPlease see below the following table for more detailed descriptions of article types. Research Articles and Replications should contain each of the components d…Length not stated
- replicationReplication Direct or systematic replications of prior research 3000 words for introduction and discussion sections combined Data Availability Statement IRB Sta…Length not stated
- research articlePlease see below the following table for more detailed descriptions of article types. Research Articles and Replications should contain each of the components d…Length not stated
- reviewPlease see below the following table for more detailed descriptions of article types. Research Articles and Replications should contain each of the components d…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- systematic reviewPlease see below the following table for more detailed descriptions of article types. Research Articles and Replications should contain each of the components d…Length not stated
- technical reportTechnical Report Manuscripts contributing primarily to procedures, data analysis, or instrumentation None Data Availability Statement IRB StatementLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs)—cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section), no…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing: journal encourages data sharing; data availability statement required. Model summary
This journal encourages data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, all sources must be credited within the manuscript. At minimum, the title and author should be provided. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and other media" from the publisher of the original source, and for supplying Wiley with that permission upon requ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access: subscription journal with optional open access after acceptance, subject to APC unless waiver applies. Model summary
This journal is a subscription journal that offers an open access option. You’ll have the option to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC unless a waiver applies. Read more on APCs here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Peer review: double-anonymous; at least two anonymous reviewers and an Associate Editor. Model summary
New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal https://authors.wiley.com/journal/JABA. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to authors.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com. This journal does not charge submission fees.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy:
Preprint policy: accepts preprints; authors may post submitted version to preprint server at any time. Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final publis…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0021-8855
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-3703
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 59, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
What CAS zone is Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is in Zone 1 of Psychology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Psychology, Clinical; it is a Top journal. 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 Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.35; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 200.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 255 days (interquartile range 189–336 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: ≤ 7; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: Optional. 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 Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis based?
Of the 70 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (68), Canada (1) and Brazil (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists AHCI, MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,470.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .