Journal rankings · indicator year 2020
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Subfield ranking · 2020
Clinical Psychology journal rankings 2020
599 ranked journals · Subfield in Psychology
Clinical Psychology has 599 ranked journals in 2020. The median journal has an OJR of 0.87, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2019; Q1 starts at OJR 1.55. The top three are Psychological Bulletin, World Psychiatry, and Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2020. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Psychology (7)
599 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2019. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2017–2019 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2011 to 2020. | Compare |
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1Psychological BulletinAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 8.85Q1 | 19.61 4.30 down from 2019 | 127 | 33% | — | ||
2World PsychiatryWiley · Italy | 6.70Q1 | 13.05 0.44 up from 2019 | 310 | 76% | — | ||
3Journal of Behavioral AddictionsOAAkadémiai Kiadó · Hungary | 5.77Q1 | 8.73 2.35 up from 2019 | 301 | 100% | $916 | ||
4American PsychologistAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.13Q1 | 7.93 2.35 up from 2019 | 476 | 28% | — | ||
5JAMA PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association · United States | 4.97Q1 | 10.65 1.51 up from 2019 | 865 | 66% | — | ||
6Journal of Abnormal PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.60Q1 | 8.37 0.35 down from 2019 | 243 | 37% | — | ||
7The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal ContextOAColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid · Spain | 4.45Q1 | 10.70 4.79 up from 2019 | 31 | 100% | — | ||
8European Journal of PersonalitySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.22Q1 | 7.28 2.06 up from 2019 | 118 | 58% | $3,900 | ||
9The Lancet Public HealthOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.11Q1 | 8.37 1.06 up from 2019 | 386 | 100% | $6,680 | ||
10Clinical Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.01Q1 | 8.14 1.96 up from 2019 | 261 | 62% | $3,900 | ||
11American Journal of PsychiatryAmerican Psychiatric Association · United States | 3.96Q1 | 9.83 2.26 up from 2019 | 568 | 60% | — | ||
12European PsychologistHogrefe Verlag · Germany | 3.89Q1 | 6.63 2.77 up from 2019 | 98 | 42% | — | ||
13Journal of PersonalityWiley · United States | 3.77Q1 | 5.16 0.69 up from 2019 | 215 | 40% | $3,780 | ||
14Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryWiley · United Kingdom | 3.74Q1 | 7.61 0.07 down from 2019 | 373 | 71% | $4,530 | ||
15Current Psychiatry ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.72Q1 | 7.85 0.86 up from 2019 | 365 | 37% | $4,990 | ||
16The Lancet PsychiatryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.66Q1 | 8.92 3.05 up from 2019 | 783 | 66% | $7,280 | ||
17Developmental PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.62Q1 | 5.07 0.45 up from 2019 | 570 | 39% | — | ||
18Journal of Consulting and Clinical PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.44Q1 | 7.11 1.19 up from 2019 | 287 | 40% | — | ||
19International Perspectives in PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · Germany | 3.33Q1 | 4.73 3.79 up from 2019 | 55 | 48% | — | ||
20Health Psychology ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.26Q1 | 23.02 16.43 up from 2019 | 79 | 74% | — | ||
21Personality Disorders Theory Research and TreatmentAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.13Q1 | 4.29 0.60 up from 2019 | 156 | 31% | — | ||
22School PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.11Q1 | 4.69 2.96 up from 2019 | 75 | 24% | — | ||
23Psychological AssessmentAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.11Q1 | 6.23 2.23 up from 2019 | 345 | 25% | — | ||
24Dialogues in Clinical NeuroscienceOALaboratoires Servier · United Kingdom | 3.02Q1 | 7.29 0.01 up from 2019 | 119 | 100% | — | ||
25Clinical Psychology ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 3.01Q1 | 13.63 0.35 up from 2019 | 201 | 48% | $5,270 | ||
26Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.97Q1 | 5.21 0.79 up from 2019 | 220 | 58% | — | ||
27Body ImageElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.86Q1 | 7.01 1.25 up from 2019 | 264 | 48% | $4,250 | ||
28Annual Review of Clinical PsychologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.81Q1 | 24.74 6.62 up from 2019 | 67 | 50% | — | ||
29Transcultural PsychiatrySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.79Q1 | 3.70 1.21 up from 2019 | 168 | 43% | $3,650 | ||
30Journal of Youth and AdolescenceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.78Q1 | 3.96 0.47 up from 2019 | 540 | 47% | $3,890 | ||
31Personality NeuroscienceOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.78Q1 | 6.97 3.24 up from 2019 | 30 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
32Journal of Research in PersonalityElsevier BV · United States | 2.73Q1 | 4.24 0.27 up from 2019 | 270 | 27% | $3,330 | ||
33PsychotherapyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.70Q1 | 6.59 2.02 up from 2019 | 170 | 18% | — | ||
34International Journal of Adolescence and YouthOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.68Q1 | 3.80 1.71 up from 2019 | 134 | 100% | $1,226 | ||
35Conflict and HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.68Q1 | 4.59 1.75 up from 2019 | 142 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
36European Journal of PsychotraumatologyOATaylor & Francis · United States | 2.66Q1 | 5.05 0.53 up from 2019 | 317 | 100% | $1,704 | ||
37The Journal of Sex ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.65Q1 | 4.41 0.26 down from 2019 | 296 | 42% | — | ||
38Child Abuse & NeglectElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.65Q1 | 4.52 0.69 up from 2019 | 943 | 37% | $4,050 | ||
39Development and PsychopathologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.65Q1 | 4.09 0.70 up from 2019 | 470 | 73% | $3,550 | ||
40Public Health ResearchOANIHR Journals Library · United Kingdom | 2.62Q1 | 5.06 2.63 up from 2019 | 43 | 100% | — | ||
41Depression and AnxietyWiley · United States | 2.59Q1 | 7.70 1.94 up from 2019 | 343 | 83% | $2,490 | ||
42Health PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.57Q1 | 6.83 2.93 up from 2019 | 345 | 38% | — | ||
43Behaviour Research and TherapyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.55Q1 | 5.03 0.22 down from 2019 | 419 | 50% | $3,580 | ||
44Journal of AdolescenceWiley · Netherlands | 2.54Q1 | 4.15 0.42 up from 2019 | 419 | 32% | $3,150 | ||
45Cambridge Prisms Global Mental HealthOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.46Q1 | 5.13 2.37 up from 2019 | 95 | 100% | $3,893 | ||
46Journal of Anxiety DisordersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.44Q1 | 6.42 1.92 up from 2019 | 231 | 48% | $4,650 | ||
47European Eating Disorders ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 2.43Q1 | 5.25 1.40 up from 2019 | 197 | 54% | $4,330 | ||
48Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryElsevier BV · United States | 2.38Q1 | 4.11 0.56 up from 2019 | 678 | 13% | $3,710 | ||
49Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric EpidemiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.38Q1 | 5.21 1.37 up from 2019 | 471 | 56% | $4,390 | ||
50Current Opinion in PsychiatryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom | 2.35Q1 | 4.68 0.33 down from 2019 | 222 | 29% | — |
Subfields of Psychology, with Clinical Psychology highlighted.
- Clinical Psychology599
- Social Psychology199
- Developmental and Educational Psychology119
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology99
- Applied Psychology11
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology4
- General Psychology1
Journals
Citations made in 2020. Corpus-wide, 86.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
141 additional Clinical Psychology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2017–2019, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2020. Publication window: 2017–2019. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 599
- Window papers (baseline)
- 132,968 +12.7% from indicator year 2017
- Median OJR
- 0.871 -2.1% from indicator year 2017
- Rising journals (2025)
- 56
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2017–2019 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 287 | 302 | 320 | 325 | 339 | 349 | 363 | 382 | 396 | 413 | 420 | 438 | 446 | 464 | 487 | 510 | 548 | 555 | 575 | 585 | 599 | 603 | 606 | 609 | 608 | 604 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 37,390 | 40,536 | 43,747 | 47,449 | 50,051 | 53,618 | 57,030 | 62,351 | 67,335 | 72,932 | 77,786 | 83,488 | 88,110 | 93,352 | 98,804 | 105,346 | 112,078 | 118,018 | 123,807 | 127,821 | 132,968 | 149,239 | 173,392 | 190,132 | 192,236 | 190,140 | |
| Median OJR | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.718 | 0.720 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.81 | 0.85 | 0.874 | 0.865 | 0.870 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.929 | 0.92 | 0.927 | 0.89 | 0.856 | 0.84 | 0.871 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.80 | 0.862 | 0.90 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.