Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Psychotherapeut
ISSN 0935-6185 · eISSN 2731-717X · Springer Nature · 6 issues per year
Psychotherapeut: impact factor 0.83; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 78 days to acceptance (53 articles, last 24 months); 64 articles a year; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psychotherapeut is published by Springer Nature. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Psychoanalysis and Social Critique and Psychiatric care and mental health services, together about 42.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Zielsetzung der Zeitschrift Die Zeitschrift Die Psychotherapie richtet sich an Ärzt*innen und Psycholog*innen in der Praxis und Klinik, die psychotherapeutische Kompetenz erworben haben oder in Weiterbildung dazu stehen. Die Psychotherapie ist inhaltlich schulenunabhängig und fächerübergreifend konzipiert und strebt die Annäherung und fachliche Diskussion der diversen psychotherapeutischen Schulrichtungen an. Praxisorientierte Übersichtsarbeiten greifen ausgewählte Themen auf und bieten der Leserschaft eine Zusammenstellung aktueller Erkenntnisse aus allen Bereichen der Psychotherapie. Neben der Vermittlung von relevantem Hintergrundwissen liegt der Schwerpunkt dabei auf konkreten Handlungsempfehlungen. Frei eingereichte Originalien ermöglichen die Präsentation wichtiger klinischer Studien und dienen dem wissenschaftlichen Austausch. Beiträge der Rubrik „CME: Weiterbildung – Zertifizierte Fortbildung“ bieten gesicherte Ergebnisse wissenschaftlicher Forschung und machen ärztliche Erfahrung für die tägliche Praxis nutzbar. Nach Lektüre der Beiträge können die Leser*innen ihr erworbenes Wissen überprüfen und online CME-Punkte erhalten. Aims & Scope The journal Die Psychotherapie aims at specialists and psychologists who have acquired psychotherapeutic competence or are about to complete their education in this field. The contents of Die Psychotherapie are based on a conception that is independent from individual schools and disciplines, and the journal aims to foster the convergence of and professional exchange between the different schools of psychotherapy. Comprehensive reviews provide an overview on selected topics and offer the reader evidenced based information on diagnostics and therapy. Freely submitted original papers allow the presentation of important clinical studies and serve the scientific exchange. Review articles under the rubric 'Continuing Medical Education' present verified results of scientific research and their integration into daily practice. Review All articles of Psychotherapeut are reviewed. Original articles undergo a peer review process. Declaration of Helsinki All manuscripts submitted for publication presenting results from studies on probands or patients must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki. Indexed in Social Sciences Citation Index, EMBASE and Scopus.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 40, Switzerland 5, Austria 1 (46 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychology, Coaching, and TherapyPsychology19.8%
- Psychoanalysis and Social CritiqueSocial Sciences12%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology10.5%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology10.2%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine4.6%
- Health and Medical StudiesHealth Professions4.3%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology3.3%
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.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SSCISCIEEmbasePsycINFOERIH PLUSCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 0.83LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 358OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.42%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 413,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,783 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25 | 15 | 70 |
| 2021 | 78 | 49 | 488 |
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
78 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 61 days – 112 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 36 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 110 days
- Sample
- 53 articles with submission and acceptance dates (125 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
- Submission to first decision
- 10 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 3,090 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,190 | — | — |
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 websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Explicit consent to publish must be obtained from all co-authors before submission. Model summary
Von allen Koautoren ist vor der Einreichung die ausdrückliche Zustimmung zur Veröffentlichung einzuholen.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Research data policy: sharing encouraged; Data Availability Statement required for original research articles. Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Journal is a COPE member and follows COPE guidelines for handling misconduct. Model summary
Diese Zeitschrift sieht sich in der Pflicht, die Integrität wissenschaftlicher Publikationen sicherzustellen. Als Mitglied des Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) orientiert sie sich an den COPE-Leitlinien für den Umgang mit möglichen Verstößen gegen die Regeln der guten wissenschaftlichen Praxis.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Die Psychotherapie, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
If double-anonymous peer review, data authorship should be anonymised when shared with reviewers. Model summary
If the journal that you are submitting to uses double-anonymous peer review and you are providing reviewers with access to your data (for example via a repository link, supplementary information or data on request), it is strongly suggested that the authorship in the data is also anonymised.
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- ISSN
- 0935-6185
- Print ISSN
- 2731-7161
- Electronic ISSN
- 2731-717X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 71, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psychotherapeut
What is the impact factor of Psychotherapeut?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.83; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Psychotherapeut?
Based on the dates recorded on 53 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 78 days (interquartile range 61–112 days). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Psychotherapeut based?
Of the 46 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (40), Switzerland (5) and Austria (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Psychotherapeut?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psychotherapeut is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists SSCI, SCIE, Embase, PsycINFO, ERIH PLUS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Psychotherapeut open access, and what is the APC?
Psychotherapeut is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,090.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .