Health Psychology
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Health Psychology
Overview

Impact Factor

4.267

H Index

171

Impact Factor

4.907

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 02786133, 19307810
Publisher: American Psychological Association
History: 1984-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Health Psychology is a scholarly journal devoted to furthering an understanding of scientific relationships between behavioral principles on the one hand and physical health and illness on the other. The readership has a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and specializations, often interdisciplinary in nature. The major type of paper being solicited for Health Psychology is the report of empirical research. Such papers should have significant theoretical or practical import for an understanding of relationships between behavior and physical health. Integrative papers that address themselves to a broad constituency are particularly welcome.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Health Psychology
SCR Impact Factor

Health Psychology
SCR Journal Ranking

Health Psychology
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

1.548

Health Psychology
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Health Psychology
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Health Psychology
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    4.453 4.749 5.407
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    4.907 5.517 5.493
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    3.203 3.59 4.19
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    3.106 3.853 4.383
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    3.759 4.144 4.508
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    3.59 4.082 4.414
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    3.888 4.267 4.411
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    4.009 4.241 4.521
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    3.745 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    4.19 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    3.621 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    4.052 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    4.476 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    3.784 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    4.194 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    3.728 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    4.198 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    4.032 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    2.96 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    2.69 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    3.612 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    3.17 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    3.227 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Health Psychology
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

171

Health Psychology
H-Index History