Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development
ISSN 0883-8534 · eISSN 2161-1912 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.04; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 73 days to acceptance (38 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 14% (journal website); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Counseling Practices and Supervision, Racial and Ethnic Identity Research and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 44.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (JMCD) is concerned with research, theory, and program applications pertinent to multicultural, racial and ethnic minority interests in all areas of counseling and human development. Abstracting and Indexing Information 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) ArticleFirst (OCLC) 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) Educator’s Reference Complete (GALE Cengage) Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) Expanded Academic ASAP (GALE Cengage) General OneFile (GALE Cengage) General Reference Center Gold (GALE Cengage) Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest) Hospital Premium Collection (ProQuest) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) MasterFILE Elite (EBSCO Publishing) MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO Publishing) Military and Intelligence (GALE Cengage) OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (HW Wilson) OmniFile Full Text Select (HW Wilson) Professional Development Collection (EBSCO Publishing) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central K-12 ProQuest Professional Education (ProQuest) Psychology Database (ProQuest) PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) SocINDEX (EBSCO Publishing) SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO Publishing) TOC Premier (EBSCO Publishing) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Editor-in-chief Carla Adkison-JohnsonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 31 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology26%
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences11%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7.7%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences5.3%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology4.1%
- International Student and Expatriate ChallengesSocial Sciences4%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences3.4%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology3.3%
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, Applied | 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, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | 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
Web of SciencePsycINFOPublisher 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
- 1.04LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 552OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 40%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 28Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 83,013Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,212 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 37 | 18 | 17 |
| 2024 | 28 | 16 | 68 |
| 2023 | 17 | 13 | 72 |
| 2022 | 49 | 6 | 180 |
| 2021 | 35 | 3 | 263 |
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
73 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 12 days – 140 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (38 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 101 days
- Sample
- 38 articles with submission and acceptance dates (61 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
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 75 words
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use
AI disclosure policy Model summary
The journal requires all authors to transparently disclose the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
No submission fees Model summary
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.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Hybrid open access Model summary
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
The Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (JMCD) publishes articles concerned with research, theory and implications for counseling practice pertinent to racial/ethnic minority and multicultural interests in all areas of counseling and development. Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at: htt…
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
- 0883-8534
- Electronic ISSN
- 2161-1912
- Society / sponsor
- Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 54, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development
What CAS zone is Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Applied. 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 Multicultural Counseling and Development?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.04; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 78.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development?
Based on the dates recorded on 38 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 73 days (interquartile range 12–140 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 75 words; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (31). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Multicultural 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .