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International Journal of Systemic Therapy is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 1), WoS ESCI. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 2692-398XVerify ISSN ↗2692-3998Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Psychology | 245 / 314 | 22nd | Q4 |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | 474 / 580 | 18th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 1.
International Journal of Systemic Therapy is Q4 in Clinical Psychology (rank 245 of 314) and Q4 in Psychiatry and Mental Health (rank 474 of 580), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Systemic Therapy 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 1, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 22nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.245, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 24.
International Journal of Systemic Therapy is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 2692-398X and its online ISSN is 2692-3998.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Systemic Therapy has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 0.71 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #224 of 308 Scopus journals in Clinical Psychology.
International Journal of Systemic Therapy published 34 papers in 2025. 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.
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.
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