Journal profile · Multiple
Women & Therapy
ISSN 0270-3149 · eISSN 1541-0315 · Taylor & Francis
Women & Therapy: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.21; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 8 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 16% (journal website); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Women & Therapy is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Counseling Practices and Supervision and Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics, together about 30.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Women & Therapy is the only professional journal that focuses entirely on the complex interrelationship between women and the therapeutic experience. Devoted to theoretical, clinical, intersectional, qualitative and quantitative analyses of issues concerning women and therapy, the journal is intended for feminist practitioners, as well as for individuals interested in the practice of feminist therapy. Women & Therapy focuses on a wide range of content areas, including: The process of therapy with female clients Problems in living that affect women in greater proportion than men, such as depression, eating disorders, and agoraphobia Women's traditional and nontraditional roles in society and how these affect and can be affected by therapy, as well as the special needs of minority women, lesbians, older women, and women with disabilities The special needs of feminist therapists, effective interventions, and alternatives and alternatives to traditional diagnosis and treatment The high-quality, peer reviewed articles in Women & Therapy will be of greatest interest to feminist therapists and health professionals; individuals who educate, supervise, or train therapists; individuals in training to become therapists; and feminist researchers and scholars who are interested in issues confronting women and therapy. Few areas in psychology and related health professions have developed as quickly in recent years as women and therapy. This journal is at the forefront of this thought, investigating challenges in therapy such as: Gender differences and similarities as they relate to biological, personality, cognitive, and developmental factors Women as they enter new roles at work and in personal relationships The changing attitudes of therapists toward female clients that affect and reflect the changes The consumer of therapy is better educated about women's and gender issues than ever before in history. Women make up the overwhelming majority of clients in therapy. Women & Therapy is designed to assist women and their therapists in understanding this unique relationship. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology13.4%
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology10.8%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology6.5%
- Gender Roles and Identity StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences4.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyPsychology4.4%
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Chadwyck-Healey - Periodicals Index Online (PIO), Feminist Periodicals (Online), Contemporary Women's Issues, VINITI RAN - Referativnyi Zhurnal
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
- 1.21LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.49Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.84Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 552OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.86%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 102,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,709 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 28 | 6 | 35 |
| 2024 | 24 | 4 | 36 |
| 2023 | 24 | 3 | 108 |
| 2022 | 18 | 2 | 63 |
| 2021 | 22 | 3 | 149 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- essayEssay | Published online: 29 May 2026Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 8 Sep 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Women & Therapy is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readers…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees. Model summary
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0270-3149
- Electronic ISSN
- 1541-0315
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Women & Therapy
What CAS zone is Women & Therapy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Women & Therapy is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Multidisciplinary / Womens Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Women & Therapy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.21; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 58.
How long does peer review take at Women & Therapy?
The publisher reports about 8 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16%. 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 Women & Therapy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Women & Therapy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Women & Therapy open access, and what is the APC?
Women & Therapy is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .