Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Psychotherapy
ISSN 0033-3204 · eISSN 1939-1536 · APA
Psychotherapy: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.25; hybrid open access; 89 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psychotherapy is published by APA and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics and Counseling Practices and Supervision, together about 44.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Psychotherapy invites submissions that advance the scientific understanding and practice of psychotherapy, including theoretically grounded-practice oriented contributions, empirically studies of diverse methodologies, innovative and emerging ideas, and examinations of controversial or practice-relevant issues. Regardless of type of manuscript submissions must be supported by appropriate empirical evidence. The journal welcomes the full range of theoretical and clinical perspectives, with the expectation that all contributions meaningfully engage existing research and contribute to an evidence-based dialogue among theorists, researchers, psychotherapy educators, and practitioners.Disclaimer: APA and the editors of Psychotherapy assume no responsibility for statements and opinions advanced by the authors of its articles. 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
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology27%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology9.1%
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology8.7%
- Child Therapy and DevelopmentPsychology8%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5.4%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology5.4%
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology5.2%
- Transactional Analysis in PsychotherapyPsychology3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
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 1 |
Top journal: noReview 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
- 3.25LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 140OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,130OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.69%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,726 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 89 | 22 | 117 |
| 2024 | 52 | 11 | 163 |
| 2023 | 65 | 16 | 559 |
| 2022 | 75 | 15 | 867 |
| 2021 | 84 | 21 | 904 |
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
- 0033-3204
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-1536
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psychotherapy
What CAS zone is Psychotherapy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Psychotherapy is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 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 Psychotherapy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.25; CiteScore 6.4, h-index 140.
Which databases index Psychotherapy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psychotherapy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Psychotherapy open access, and what is the APC?
Psychotherapy 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: .