Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Journal of Child Psychotherapy
ISSN 0075-417X · eISSN 1469-9370 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Child Psychotherapy: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 170 days to acceptance (50 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 54% (journal website); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Child Psychotherapy 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 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Child Therapy and Development and Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics, together about 48.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Child Psychotherapy, first published in 1963, is the official journal of the Association of Child Psychotherapists. It aims to represent the pluralism of clinical practice, theory and research in psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapy, to promote the exchange of diverse perspectives and to provide a forum where new ideas can emerge and be debated. We welcome submissions from mental health practitioners and researchers from all relevant professional backgrounds. We are interested in a wide range of papers concerned with the advancement of clinical practice, theory and research in the field of child and adolescent psychotherapy. We welcome submissions that engage in creative debates with other disciplines in order to understand the growth of the mind. Similarly we welcome papers that promote dialogue between psychoanalytic practitioners and colleagues practicing within other therapeutic modalities. We especially welcome papers highlighting the application of child and adolescent psychotherapy in different contexts to illustrate the versatility and evolution of practice in the field. Readership The Journal of Child Psychotherapy is an essential publication for all those with an interest in the theory, research and clinical practice of psychoanalytic work with infants, children, adolescents and their families. Peer Review Integrity All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via Routledge's Submission Portal. Disclaimer
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Editor-in-chief Lucy Mills AssistantPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology25%
- Child Therapy and DevelopmentPsychology12.9%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology10.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.4%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.3%
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology ResearchPsychology4%
- Child Welfare and AdoptionSocial Sciences3.7%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbasePsycINFOPublisher website
Other: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, Community Care, PASCAL, Psychoanalytic Quarterly, PsycLIT, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), British Educational Index, Social Care Online, Family Life, Education Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
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
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.37Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.79Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 237OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.39%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 69,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 69,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,679 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 46 | 10 | 16 |
| 2024 | 47 | 6 | 58 |
| 2023 | 43 | 11 | 115 |
| 2022 | 38 | 4 | 50 |
| 2021 | 38 | 5 | 48 |
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
170 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 111 days – 202 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (50 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 200 days
- Sample
- 50 articles with submission and acceptance dates (82 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)
- 54%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 54%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 61 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 61 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Journal of Child Psychotherapy 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 discoverabil…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via Routledge's Submission Portal. Model summary
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via Routledge's Submission Portal.
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
- 0075-417X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-9370
- Society / sponsor
- Association of Child Psychotherapists
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 52, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Child Psychotherapy
What CAS zone is Journal of Child Psychotherapy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Child Psychotherapy 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 4 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Child Psychotherapy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 37.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Child Psychotherapy?
Based on the dates recorded on 50 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 170 days (interquartile range 111–202 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 54% (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 Child Psychotherapy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Child Psychotherapy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Embase and PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Child Psychotherapy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Child Psychotherapy 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .