Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT
ISSN 0748-9633 · eISSN 1556-6676 · Wiley-Blackwell
JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.09; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 163 days to acceptance (81 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 43 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Counseling Practices and Supervision, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 44.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Counseling & Development publishes practice, theory, and research articles across 18 different specialty areas and work settings. Sections include research, assessment and diagnosis, theory and practice, and trends. Abstracting and Indexing Information ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) Abstracts on Hygiene & Communicable Diseases (CABI) Academic ASAP (GALE Cengage) 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) Agricultural Economics Database (CABI) ArticleFirst (OCLC) 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) CAB Abstracts® (CABI) Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCO Publishing) Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO Publishing) Corporate ResourceNet (EBSCO Publishing) Education Collection (ProQuest) Education Database (ProQuest) Education Full Text (HW Wilson) Education Index/Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) Education Research Complete (EBSCO Publishing) Educational Administration Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) Educator’s Reference Complete (GALE Cengage) Energy & Power Source (EBSCO Publishing) Environmental Science Database (CABI) Expanded Academic ASAP (GALE Cengage) Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCO Publishing) Family Studies Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) Gender Studies Database (EBSCO Publishing) General OneFile (GALE Cengage) Global Health (CABI) Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest) Health Source Nursing/Academic (EBSCO Publishing) Hospital Premium Collection (ProQuest) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) InfoTrac Junior Edition (GALE Cengage) InfoTrac Student Edition (GALE Cengage) MasterFILE Elite (EBSCO Publishing) MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO Publishing) Military and Intelligence (GALE Cengage) Nursing & Allied Health Database (ProQuest) Nutrition & Food Sciences Database (CABI) Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews Series A: Human & Experimental (CABI) OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (HW Wilson) OmniFile Full Text Select (HW Wilson) Periodical Index Online (ProQuest) Professional Development Collection (EBSCO Publishing) Proquest Business Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central K-314 ProQuest Professional Education (ProQuest) ProQuest Sociolo
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Editor-in-chief Bradley T. ErfordPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Korea 3, Poland 1, Malaysia 1, Jordan 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology26.1%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology10.3%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7.8%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology6.1%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences4.6%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology3.9%
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology3.8%
- Child Therapy and DevelopmentPsychology3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOCAB AbstractsPublisher 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
- 2.09LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,048OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 23.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 40.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 35Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 310,011Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,841 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 29 | 13 |
| 2025 | 43 | 25 | 86 |
| 2024 | 58 | 30 | 356 |
| 2023 | 42 | 28 | 349 |
| 2022 | 38 | 9 | 347 |
| 2021 | 66 | 7 | 1,320 |
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
163 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 137 days – 216 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 187 days
- Sample
- 81 articles with submission and acceptance dates (99 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)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 153 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 18 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 2,900 / EUR 2,450 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- best practiceBest Practice. These manuscripts focus on innovative approaches, counseling programs, ethical issues, as well as training and supervision practices.Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies are published in JCD.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- AI use Associations of Generative AI Use for Health Issues With Anxiety and Depression
AI use disclosure required. Model summary
Yusen Zhai, Jusuk Song, Eungyeong Jun, Matthew E. Lemberger-Truelove, Yung-Wei Dennis Lin, Yiying Xiong, Isak Kim, Laura Shannonhouse, Xue Du,
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review Wiley's editorial standards for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest AI Disclosure Policy
The journal requires all authors to transparently disclose the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies. Upon submission, authors must confirm that their work adheres to Wiley's AI policy and will be asked to specify which tools were used (including name and version) and how the tool was applied. If AI tools were indeed used in the development of your work, please also inte…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
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 lengthy excerpts (generally 400 cumulative words or more from one source) are included, or if previously published tables or figures from copyrighted works owned by third parties are reprinted in their entirety, in part, or adapted, credit must be given. For more information, visit Wiley's Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal is a hybrid journal that publishes both subscription and open access articles. You will have the option to choose to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an article publication charge (APC). For more information on this journal's APCs, please see the Open Access page. You can read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discou…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review. Model summary
Submission Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the author guidelines, new submissions should be made via the Wiley Authors submission portal: https://authors.wiley.com/journal/JCAD. 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…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy
Preprints allowed. Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. The Journal of Counseling & Development 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 prepublication versions with a link to the final published article. However, because articles are peer reviewed under a doubl…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving Definitions and Policies
Note that the journal's standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions.
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
- 0748-9633
- Electronic ISSN
- 1556-6676
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 104, Issue 4 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychology, Applied. 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 COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.09; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 154.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT?
Based on the dates recorded on 81 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 163 days (interquartile range 137–216 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (3), Poland (1) and Malaysia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .