Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Psychological Assessment
ISSN 1040-3590 · eISSN 1939-134X · APA
Psychological Assessment: CAS Zone 2 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.01; hybrid open access; 151 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psychological Assessment is published by APA and is in Zone 2 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Personality Disorders and Psychopathology and Mental Health Research Topics, together about 31.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Psychological Assessment® is concerned mainly with empirical research relevant to assessments conducted in the broad field of clinical psychology. Integrative reviews of research in this area are also welcome. Relevant topics include:clinical judgment and the application of decision-making models;paradigms derived from basic psychological research in cognition, personality–social psychology, and biological psychology;development, validation, and application of assessment instruments, scales, observational methods, and interviews;research on clinical judgment and decision-making; andstudies supporting or leading to translation of basic psychological research in cognition, personality–social psychology, and biological psychology to clinical psychological assessment.The focus of the journal is on all aspects of clinical assessment. More About The Journal
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology14.6%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology9.7%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology7.7%
- Psychological Testing and AssessmentPsychology5.7%
- Resilience and Mental HealthPsychology5.4%
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology4.9%
- Cognitive Abilities and TestingPsychology4.5%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 3.01LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 252OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,877OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 33.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 79LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,975 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 119 | 42 | 11 |
| 2025 | 151 | 61 | 170 |
| 2024 | 96 | 34 | 315 |
| 2023 | 164 | 51 | 894 |
| 2022 | 179 | 47 | 1,855 |
| 2021 | 217 | 53 | 2,901 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- APA
- ISSN
- 1040-3590
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-134X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psychological Assessment
What CAS zone is Psychological Assessment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Psychological Assessment is in Zone 2 of Psychology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Psychology, Clinical. 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 Psychological Assessment?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.01; CiteScore 7.1, h-index 252.
Which databases index Psychological Assessment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psychological Assessment is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Psychological Assessment open access, and what is the APC?
Psychological Assessment is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .