Journal profile · Psychiatry
Verhaltenstherapie
ISSN 1016-6262 · eISSN 1423-0402 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1991
Verhaltenstherapie: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.58; hybrid open access; review about 119 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Verhaltenstherapie is published by S. Karger AG and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 34.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Die Zeitschrift Verhaltenstherapie bildet das breite Spektrum verhaltenstherapeutischer Verfahren ab und ist im deutschen Sprachraum das führende Publikationsorgan ihres Fachgebiets. In Übersichts- und Originalarbeiten sowie Falldarstellungen werden aktuelle Entwicklungen evidenzbasierter psychologischer Behandlungsmethoden aus der Verhaltenstherapie vorgestellt. Diese Auswahl aus Theorie und Praxis wird abgerundet durch Konzeptartikel, Interviews, Kongressberichte und Mitteilungen wissenschaftlicher Fachverbände.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Editor-in-chief Thomas FrodlPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychology, Coaching, and TherapyPsychology16.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering9%
- Health and Medical StudiesHealth Professions8.8%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology6.1%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.6%
- Psychoanalysis and Social CritiqueSocial Sciences4.5%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.58LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 227OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 28.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,316 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 38 | 21 | 18 |
| 2024 | 23 | 11 | 17 |
| 2023 | 29 | 8 | 35 |
| 2022 | 37 | 20 | 80 |
| 2021 | 39 | 19 | 54 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
119 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to final decision
- 126 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 119 daysPublisher 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.
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
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 1016-6262
- Electronic ISSN
- 1423-0402
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 36, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Verhaltenstherapie
What CAS zone is Verhaltenstherapie in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Verhaltenstherapie is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychiatry / Psychology, Clinical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Verhaltenstherapie?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.58; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Verhaltenstherapie?
The publisher reports about 119 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index Verhaltenstherapie?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Verhaltenstherapie is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Verhaltenstherapie open access, and what is the APC?
Verhaltenstherapie 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .