Health Psychology Open

Medicine · Psychology

Impact Factor
2.882
2022
H-Index
29.000
2023
SJR
0.937
2023

I. Journal Information

ISSN20551029
CountryUnited States
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc.
Subject AreasMedicine · Psychology
Publication TypeJournals
Active Years2014-2021
WebsiteVisit journal

II. Scope & Description

Health Psychology Open HPO is an international peerreviewed open access onlineonly journal providing rapid publication. HPO is dedicated to publishing cuttingedge research in health psychology from around the world.HPO seeks to provide a platform for both traditional empirical analyses and more qualitative andor critically oriented approaches to health psychology. All areas of health psychology are covered but these topics are of particular interestClinical health psychologyCritical health psychologyCommunity health psychologyHealth psychology practiceHealth psychology through a social cultural or regional lensThe journal particularly favours papers that focus on health psychology in practice including submissions concerning community andor clinical applications and interventions. Review articles are also welcomed.There is no fixed limit to the length of manuscripts which is normally strictly limited in other journals for example HPOs sister journal Journal of Health Psychology JHP.Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.

III. Impact Factor History

Year2-Year IF3-Year IF4-Year IF
20222.8823.0563.640
20212.4023.1013.075
20202.7472.6152.346
20191.6791.5791.750
20181.1871.3551.397
20171.1601.1851.185
20160.7800.7800.780

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
20230.937
20220.778
20210.685
20200.691
20190.478
20180.593
20170.393
20160.250
20150.106

V. H-Index

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

YearH-Index
202329.000
202225.000
202120.000

How to Get Published

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hpo