Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
ISSN 0022-006X · eISSN 1939-2117 · APA
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology: CAS Zone 1 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.95; hybrid open access; 97 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology is published by APA 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 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology®(JCCP) publishes original contributions on the following topics:the development, validity, and use of techniques of diagnosis and treatment of disordered behaviorstudies of a variety of populations that have clinical interest, including but not limited to medical patients, ethnic minorities, persons with serious mental illness, and community samplesstudies that have a cross-cultural or demographic focus and are of interest for treating behavior disordersstudies of personality and of its assessment and development where these have a clear bearing on problems of clinical dysfunction and treatmentstudies of gender, ethnicity, or sexual orientation that have a clear bearing on diagnosis, assessment, and treatmentstudies of psychosocial aspects of health behaviorsStudies that focus on populations that fall anywhere within the lifespan are considered. More About The Journal
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology16.8%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology10.5%
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology5.5%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology4.9%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology4.9%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine4.6%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology3.9%
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology3.9%
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 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: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 5.95LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 7.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.08LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 425OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9,086OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 52.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 12,297 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 | 26 | 25 |
| 2025 | 97 | 49 | 203 |
| 2024 | 107 | 47 | 484 |
| 2023 | 130 | 58 | 1,728 |
| 2022 | 122 | 39 | 1,830 |
| 2021 | 159 | 61 | 2,858 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- APA
- ISSN
- 0022-006X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-2117
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
What CAS zone is Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 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 1 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.95; CiteScore 9.4, h-index 425.
Which databases index Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .