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Journal of Clinical Psychology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.8), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc..
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ISSN 0021-9762Verify ISSN ↗1097-4679Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,710 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | 51 / 692 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Clinical Psychology | 59 / 314 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1945–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.8.
Journal of Clinical Psychology is Q1 in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (rank 51 of 692) and Q1 in Clinical Psychology (rank 59 of 314), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Clinical Psychology is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 5.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.205, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 157.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,710 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.
Journal of Clinical Psychology is published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. Its print ISSN is 0021-9762 and its online ISSN is 1097-4679.
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 Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Clinical Psychology has an h-index of 207 and a 2-year mean of 2.24 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #61 of 610 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous).
Journal of Clinical Psychology published 157 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 233. 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 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (39.1%), China (7.8%) and Australia (7.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.2 per 1,000 papers). 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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