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International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.4), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer New York.
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ISSN 0165-0653Verify ISSN ↗1573-3246Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer New York
Cost to publish: About US$3,090 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology (miscellaneous) | 54 / 118 | 54th | Q2 |
| Education | 780 / 1698 | 54th | Q2 |
| Applied Psychology | 160 / 258 | 38th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present (also 1978–1996), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.4.
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling is Q2 in Psychology (miscellaneous) (rank 54 of 118), Q2 in Education (rank 780 of 1698) and Q3 in Applied Psychology (rank 160 of 258), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.527, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 40.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,090 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling is published by Springer New York. Its print ISSN is 0165-0653 and its online ISSN is 1573-3246.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling has an h-index of 52 and a 2-year mean of 1.81 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #42 of 115 Scopus journals in Psychology (miscellaneous).
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling published 41 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 52. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (53%), Türkiye (6%) and South Korea (5.5%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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