American Journal of Psychotherapy

Medicine · Psychology

Impact Factor
1.667
2023
H-Index
54.000
2023
SJR
0.583
2023

I. Journal Information

ISSN00029564, 25756559
CountryUnited States
PublisherAssociation for the Advancement of Psychotherapy Inc.
Subject AreasMedicine · Psychology
Publication TypeJournals
Active Years1947-2016, 2018-2021
WebsiteVisit journal
JIF 2022–20232.300

II. Scope & Description

The American Journal of Psychotherapy is a peerreviewed interdisciplinary journal published quarterly by the American Psychiatric Association. Begun in 1947 by the Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy the American Journal of Psychotherapy provides a forum for advancing the theory science and clinical practice of psychotherapy. The Journal publishes articles that expand our understanding of psychotherapies especially in the domains of efficacy process education and practice.To improve outcomes for patients who may benefit from psychotherapy the American Journal of Psychotherapy invites manuscript submissions on all topics that will advance evidenceinformed psychotherapy practice. The Journal publishes empirical papers on psychotherapy outcomes process measurement and education. Maintaining a strong clinical focus it welcomes case reports review articles and training tools that will guide and shape clinical practice.To engage its readers on the most urgent psychotherapyrelated questions of our day the American Journal of Psychotherapy invites a broad range of perspectives. We welcome submissions addressing important questions from all psychotherapy disciplines including but not limited to psychodynamic interpersonal cognitive or dialecticalbehavioral existential emotionfocused problemsolving mentalizing mindfulnessbased and clientcentered approaches.The Journal inclusively addresses topics across treatment modalities individual group family technologyenabled age groups children adolescents midlife late life genders binary gender nonconforming races and ethnicities and diagnoses. The Journal serves the international community by curating a vibrant pluralistic dialogue about psychotherapy that ultimately will inform clinical care.

III. Impact Factor History

Year2-Year IF3-Year IF4-Year IF
20231.6671.8161.752
20221.6421.5971.418
20211.5711.3681.368
20201.0891.0891.157
20190.8081.1371.325
20180.6401.2551.410
20170.7841.0381.010
20161.0570.9741.053
20150.5000.7390.744
20141.333
20130.750
20121.000
20111.000
20100.558
20090.404
20080.471
20070.604
20060.720
20050.661
20040.720
20030.513
20020.318
20010.409
20000.387

Note: impact factor data for reference only.

IV. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

SJR measures scientific influence, weighting citations by the prestige of the citing journal.

YearSJR Score
20230.583
20220.520
20210.427
20200.284
20190.326
20180.386
20170.344
20160.356
20150.287

V. H-Index

The H-Index measures both the productivity and citation impact of a journal's publications.

YearH-Index
202354.000
202242.000
202139.000

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