Journal profile · Multiple
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 1478-9949 · eISSN 1478-9957 · Taylor & Francis
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.95; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 156 days to acceptance (82 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 19% (journal website); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, together about 39.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology is a multidisciplinary journal devoted to publishing papers relating to aspects of psychiatry and psychological knowledge (research, theory and practice) as applied to offenders and to legal issues arising within civil, criminal, correctional or legislative contexts. Throughout the world, psychiatrists, psychologists, criminologists, lawyers, sociologists, nurses, social workers and other legal and medical professionals use this journal as their major forum for penetrating, informed global debate on the latest developments and disputes affecting the practice of forensic psychiatry. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology publishes in-depth case studies, current research and short articles on mental health, crime and the law. This acclaimed journal is essential to all serious psychiatric or legal collections. Peer Review: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized. Disclaimer
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Nigel BlackwoodPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology23.2%
- Healthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsPsychology8.4%
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences7.5%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology6.7%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology5.7%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine5.2%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology4.4%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbasePsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Criminal Justice Abstracts, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, International Women’s Issues Database, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, PASCAL, Research Alert, Sage Family Studies Abstracts, Social Care Online, Social Scisearch, Violence & Abuse 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
- 0.95LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.39Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.74Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 650OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 217,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 217,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,320 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 17 | 1 |
| 2025 | 37 | 21 | 46 |
| 2024 | 73 | 40 | 152 |
| 2023 | 37 | 18 | 146 |
| 2022 | 50 | 15 | 237 |
| 2021 | 35 | 12 | 194 |
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
156 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 111 days – 317 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 170 days
- Sample
- 82 articles with submission and acceptance dates (87 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)
- 19%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 19%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 61 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 61 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 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
The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & 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…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: initial editor appraisal, then double-anonymized peer review by independent expert referees. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized.
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
- 1478-9949
- Electronic ISSN
- 1478-9957
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Criminology & Penology / Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.95; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY?
Based on the dates recorded on 82 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 156 days (interquartile range 111–317 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 19% (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 FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Embase, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY 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: .