Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL
Journal of Applied School Psychology
ISSN 1537-7903 · eISSN 1537-7911 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Applied School Psychology: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 294 days to acceptance (40 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 14% (journal website); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Applied School Psychology is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Behavioral and Psychological Studies and Educational and Psychological Assessments, together about 39.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Developmental and Educational Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Applied School Psychology, as the Official Journal of the American Board of School Psychology, is interested in published scholarly material that contributes to the development and maintenance of school psychology practice at its highest level. Consequently, each submission should rest on solid theoretical or empirical support and convey information of use in applied school settings, related-educational systems, or community locations where school psychologists might work. Thus, manuscripts appropriate for publication in the journal reflect psychological applications concerning individual students, groups of students, teachers, parents, or administrators with relevance to practicing school psychologists. Practice implications should be stated explicitly within each manuscript. The journal also seeks, over time, novel and creative ways to disseminate information about sound and empirically-supported school psychology practice. Consequently, readers are encouraged to follow developments in submission guidelines for future manuscript submission options. At present, three alternatives for traditional manuscript submissions (i.e., Case Studies, Service Delivery, and Science to Practice) are available. For details about these three options, interested parties are referred to "Announcement from the incoming editor-in-chief: Addressing school psychology's need for rigorous scholarship with applied value" (Volume 25, Issue 1, pp. 1-4). Furthermore, authors intending to submit an alternative manuscript are encouraged to contact the editor to discuss feasibilty of publication before initiating submission. Peer Review Policy: All papers published in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymized review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL
Editor-in-chief Frank J. SansostiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology16%
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology15.5%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology7.6%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology7.4%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.4%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience4.9%
- Bullying, Victimization, and AggressionPsychology4.8%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences4.3%
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, Educational | 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, Educational | Zone 4 |
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
- 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, CSA - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA), De Gruyter Saur - Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Exceptional Child Education Resources (Online), PsycFIRST, VINITI RAN - Referativnyi Zhurnal
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
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.46Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.84Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 310OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 51,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 51,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 778 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1 | 46 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 73 |
| 2021 | 21 | 3 | 162 |
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
294 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 209 days – 409 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (40 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 310 days
- Sample
- 40 articles with submission and acceptance dates (36 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)
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 63 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 63 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 171 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 171 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 23 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 accepted3
- case studiesAt present, three alternatives for traditional manuscript submissions (i.e., Case Studies, Service Delivery, and Science to Practice) are available.Length not stated
- science to practiceAt present, three alternatives for traditional manuscript submissions (i.e., Case Studies, Service Delivery, and Science to Practice) are available.Length not stated
- service deliveryAt present, three alternatives for traditional manuscript submissions (i.e., Case Studies, Service Delivery, and Science to Practice) are available.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Journal of Applied School Psychology 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 discov…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: editorial screening and double-anonymized review. Model summary
All papers published in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymized review.
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
- 1537-7903
- Electronic ISSN
- 1537-7911
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 42, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Applied School Psychology
What CAS zone is Journal of Applied School Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Applied School Psychology is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Educational. 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 Journal of Applied School Psychology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Applied School Psychology?
Based on the dates recorded on 40 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 294 days (interquartile range 209–409 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14% (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.
Which databases index Journal of Applied School Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Applied School Psychology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Applied School Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Applied School Psychology is a subscription journal. 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .