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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 publishes scholarly articles on cutting-edge developments in the science and practice of clinical psychology and related mental health fields, primarily including narrative and systematic reviews and meta-analyses rela...

Identifiers

ISSN 0969-5893
eISSN 1468-2850

Publication Cost

Authors may choose hybrid open access and pay an article publication charge (APC); the APC amount is provided via Wiley’s hybrid open access pricing page.

Publishing Timeline

Early View articles are published online as soon as they are ready, in advance of print issue publication.
#6
CC

Springer Science+Business Media

JIF 6.1
Q1
Hybrid

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review is an international, interdisciplinary forum for identifying new developments and reviewing current thought and practices in the behavioral sciences pertaining to infants, children, adolescents, and families. It publ...

Identifiers

ISSN 1096-4037
eISSN 1573-2827

Publication Cost

Open access APC: £2690.00 GBP / $4090.00 USD / €3090.00 EUR; subscription publishing: no APC charges apply.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 17 days
#7
PM
Psychological Medicine

Cambridge University Press

JIF 5.5
Q1
Closed

Identifiers

ISSN 0033-2917
eISSN 1469-8978
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#8
BI

Elsevier BV

JIF 5.4
Q1
Hybrid

Body Image is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes scientific articles on body image and human physical appearance. It welcomes contributions from psychological science, social and behavioral sciences, and medical and health sciences, with a...

Identifiers

ISSN 1740-1445
eISSN 1873-6807

Publication Cost

USD 4290 APC for open access; no open access publication fee for subscription publication.

Publishing Timeline

2 days submission to first decision; 67 days submission to decision after review; 170 days submission to acceptance; 9 days acceptance to online publication.
#9
CA

Child and Adolescent Mental Health publishes research relevant to academics, clinicians, and commissioners internationally. Its principal aim is to foster evidence-based clinical practice and clinically orientated research among clinicians and health services...

Identifiers

ISSN 1475-357X
eISSN 1475-3588

Publication Cost

APC: $3,700 USD / £2,500 GBP / €3,040 EUR for Open Access articles.

Publishing Timeline

2025 median submission to first decision: 15 days; submission to acceptance: 36 days; acceptance to publication: 30 days.
#10
JO

American Psychological Association

JIF 5
Q1
Closed

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology is a monthly APA journal that publishes original contributions on diagnosis and treatment of disordered behavior, clinical and clinical-health psychology, prevention and intervention research, mechanisms of change,...

Identifiers

ISSN 0022-006X
eISSN 1939-2117

Publication Cost

2026 print subscription prices: APA Member/Associate/Affiliate $218 domestic, $251 surface, $292 air mail; APA Student Affiliates and Graduate Student Members $165 domestic, $198 surface, $239 air mail; APA Nonmember/Individual $551 domestic, $608 surface, $640 air mail; Institution $2,457 domestic, $2,567 surface, $2,599 air mail.
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