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Top 10 Psychology, Clinical Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading Psychology, Clinical journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights key details authors often need when choosing where to submit, including publisher, impact factor, open access status, identifiers, and available submission profile information.

Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor data currently available in our journal database.

#1
AR
JIF 16.5
Q1
Open

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology publishes comprehensive reviews of significant developments in clinical psychology and psychiatry. It covers research, theory, and the application of psychological principles to recognized disorders including schizophrenia,...

Identifiers

ISSN 1548-5943
eISSN 1548-5951
#2
IJ
JIF 14.8
Q1
Hybrid

International Journal of Transgender Health is an international, multidisciplinary scholarly forum in transgender health published in partnership with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). It welcomes contributions across disciplin...

Identifiers

ISSN 2689-5269
eISSN 2689-5277

Publication Cost

There are no submission fees, publication fees, or page charges; an APC applies for optional Open Select open access.

Publishing Timeline

1 day average from submission to first decision; 32 days average from submission to first post-review decision; 11 days average from acceptance to online publication.
#3
CP
JIF 12.2
Q1
Hybrid

Clinical Psychology Review publishes substantive reviews of topics germane to clinical psychology. It covers psychopathology, psychotherapy, behavior therapy, cognition and cognitive therapies, behavioral medicine, community mental health, assessment, and chil...

Identifiers

ISSN 0272-7358
eISSN 1873-7811

Publication Cost

Open access options are available and authors of open access articles are responsible for payment of the article publishing charge (APC) if the manuscript is accepted.

Publishing Timeline

11 days submission to first decision; 88 days submission to decision after review; 196 days submission to acceptance; 2 days acceptance to online publication
#4
HP
JIF 9.7
Q1
Closed

Health Psychology Review is an international review journal in health psychology that publishes theoretical and conceptual work, evaluative, integrative, meta-analytic, and systematic reviews, along with methodological contributions that make a direct and subs...

Identifiers

ISSN 1743-7199
eISSN 1743-7202

Publication Cost

Individual subscription: USD 208.00 for print only or print & online for 2026; institutional subscription: USD 962.00 online only or USD 1,409.00 print & online; local tax added as applicable.

Publishing Timeline

18 days avg. from submission to first decision; 95 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision; 19 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
#5
CP
Clinical Psychology-science And Practice

EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC

JIF 6.6
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 0969-5893
eISSN 1468-2850
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#6
CC
Clinical Child And Family Psychology Review

SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS

JIF 6.1
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 1096-4037
eISSN 1573-2827
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#7
PM
Psychological Medicine

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

JIF 5.5
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 0033-2917
eISSN 1469-8978
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#8
BI
Body Image

ELSEVIER

JIF 5.4
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 1740-1445
eISSN 1873-6807
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#9
CA
Child And Adolescent Mental Health

WILEY

JIF 5
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 1475-357X
eISSN 1475-3588
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#10
JO
Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology

AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC

JIF 5
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 0022-006X
eISSN 1939-2117
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