Professional Psychology Research and Practice

Professional Psychology Research and Practice is published by APA 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, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 41.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice ® publishes articles on the application of psychology, including the scientific underpinnings of the profession of psychology. All articles for this journal should have clearly stated implications for practicing psychologists ; it is recommended that these implications be mentioned in the abstract and discussion section. Examples of topics for which this journal is an appropriate outlet include, but are not limited to: psychological practice activities or psychologists in their common professional activities such as assessment, therapy, supervision, consultation, research, advocacy, etc.; state-of-the-art literature reviews of clinical research on specific psychological disorders or problems in living specifically written so as to draw out the implications for prevention, assessment, or intervention; research and theory on legal, ethical, or public policy issues as they affect the practice of psychology; advances in applications from such fields as health psychology; community psychology; broadly-defined diversity, ethnicity, race, and culture; psychology of women; clinical neuropsychology; family psychology; forensic psychology; and other general and specialty areas; and evidence-based practice and standards of professional practice and delivery of services in a variety of contexts—industries, institutions, and other organizations. More About The Journal

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 99, United Kingdom 1, New Zealand 1 (101 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

1.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.8Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

3.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.75LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.96LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

145OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2,406OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.67OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.6%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

11.25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

52LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

APA

ISSN

0735-7028

Electronic ISSN

1939-1323

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website