Journal profile · Medicine-Obstetrics and Gynecology
Journal of Psychosexual Health
ISSN 2631-8318 · eISSN 2631-8326 · SAGE Publishing · United States
Journal of Psychosexual Health: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 81 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Psychosexual Health is published by SAGE Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sexual function and dysfunction studies, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, together about 49% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Dr T. S. Sathyanarayana Rao is the founder editor of the Journal of Psychosexual Health (SSH). It is an open access, quarterly, peer-reviewed jour...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Obstetrics and Gynecology
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named India 30, Sri Lanka 2, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Egypt 1 (36 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sexual function and dysfunction studiesMedicine20.5%
- Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyPsychology18.3%
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyPsychology10.2%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions6.9%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Marriage and Sexual RelationshipsSocial Sciences3.9%
- Sexual Assault and Victimization StudiesSocial Sciences3.7%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | Q3 | 133/218 | 39th |
| Reproductive Medicine | Q3 | 63/99 | 36th |
| Urology | Q3 | 80/123 | 35th |
| Clinical Psychology | Q3 | 212/314 | 32nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.77OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 485 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 123 | 123 | 472 |
| 2025 | 81 | 81 | 468 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 388 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 356 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 274 |
| 2021 | 57 | 57 | 161 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted23
- announcementsl. AnnouncementsLength not stated
- book reviewThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- book review(s)k. Book Review(s)Length not stated
- brief research communicationsd. Brief Research CommunicationsLength not stated
- case reportThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- case reportsh. Case ReportsLength not stated
- cmes/grand rounds/commentaries/current themef. CMEs/Grand Rounds/Commentaries/Current ThemeLength not stated
- commentaryThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- editorialThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- editorials/guest editorialsc. Editorials/Guest EditorialsLength not stated
- letter to the editorThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- literature, history, art in sexual medicineg. Literature, History, Art in Sexual MedicineLength not stated
- my voicej. My VoiceLength not stated
- opinionThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- original articleThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- original articlesa. Original Articles (details given below)Length not stated
- original research paperThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- reviewThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- review articleThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- review articlesb. Review ArticlesLength not stated
- surveyThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- viewpointThe journal accepts the following article types: a. Original Articles (details given below) b. Review Articles c. Editorials/Guest Editorials d. Brief Research …Length not stated
- viewpointse. ViewpointsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Journal of Psychosexual Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. There are currently no Article Processing Charges (APCs) to publish in this journal. For general information on open access at Sage please visit the Open Access …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints not accepted Model summary
The journal does not accept submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2631-8318
- Electronic ISSN
- 2631-8326
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Psychosexual Health
How long does peer review take at Journal of Psychosexual Health?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. 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 Psychosexual Health?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: AMA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: 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 Psychosexual Health based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (30), Sri Lanka (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Psychosexual Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Psychosexual Health is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Psychosexual Health open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Psychosexual Health is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .