Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Subfield ranking · 2023
Clinical Psychology journal rankings 2023
609 ranked journals · Subfield in Psychology
Clinical Psychology has 609 ranked journals in 2023. The median journal has an OJR of 0.80, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.04 on 2022; Q1 starts at OJR 1.33. The top three are Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, Psychological Bulletin, and The Lancet Public Health.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. 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 2020–2022, the window the 2023 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)
609 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 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 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 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1Dialogues in Clinical NeuroscienceOALaboratoires Servier · United Kingdom | 7.29Q1 | 8.13 3.82 down from 2022 | 39 | 100% | — | ||
2Psychological BulletinAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 6.99Q1 | 19.98 5.58 down from 2022 | 103 | 37% | — | ||
3The Lancet Public HealthOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.71Q1 | 16.65 7.84 down from 2022 | 465 | 100% | $6,680 | ||
4World PsychiatryWiley · Italy | 6.66Q1 | 16.00 0.41 down from 2022 | 337 | 97% | — | ||
5The Lancet PsychiatryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.49Q1 | 10.75 11.02 down from 2022 | 786 | 55% | $7,280 | ||
6JAMA PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association · United States | 4.78Q1 | 12.08 0.98 down from 2022 | 701 | 73% | — | ||
7American PsychologistAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.73Q1 | 4.65 6.66 down from 2022 | 538 | 29% | — | ||
8Journal of Black PsychologySAGE Publishing · United States | 4.38Q1 | 2.96 3.15 down from 2022 | 84 | 41% | $3,900 | ||
9Psychotherapy and PsychosomaticsKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 3.39Q1 | 8.45 4.88 down from 2022 | 175 | 65% | — | ||
10American Journal of PsychiatryAmerican Psychiatric Association · United States | 3.37Q1 | 9.98 0.19 up from 2022 | 457 | 38% | — | ||
11Current Research in Behavioral SciencesOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.14Q1 | 7.36 2.06 down from 2022 | 88 | 100% | $3,480 | ||
12Journal of Anxiety DisordersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.09Q1 | 5.13 9.41 down from 2022 | 299 | 50% | $4,650 | ||
13Current Opinion in PsychiatryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom | 3.04Q1 | 9.52 1.17 up from 2022 | 213 | 28% | — | ||
14Current Psychiatry ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.03Q1 | 8.04 1.29 down from 2022 | 266 | 54% | $4,990 | ||
15Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryWiley · United Kingdom | 3.03Q1 | 7.85 0.04 down from 2022 | 394 | 88% | $4,530 | ||
16Journal of Research on AdolescenceWiley · United States | 2.89Q1 | 6.26 1.26 up from 2022 | 254 | 73% | $3,400 | ||
17International Journal of Mental Health and AddictionSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.88Q1 | 3.90 8.46 down from 2022 | 755 | 59% | $4,090 | ||
18Journal of Behavioral AddictionsOAAkadémiai Kiadó · Hungary | 2.68Q1 | 6.91 2.51 down from 2022 | 279 | 100% | $916 | ||
19Psychiatry ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.65Q1 | 4.74 8.49 down from 2022 | 1,946 | 52% | $4,230 | ||
20International Journal of Clinical and Health PsychologyOAElsevier BV · Spain | 2.65Q1 | 4.74 8.40 down from 2022 | 122 | 100% | $2,970 | ||
21Annual Review of Clinical PsychologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.64Q1 | 20.18 2.15 down from 2022 | 65 | 100% | — | ||
22Epidemiology and Psychiatric SciencesOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 6.58 1.45 down from 2022 | 260 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
23Comprehensive PsychiatryOAElsevier BV · United States | 2.59Q1 | 5.27 4.71 down from 2022 | 199 | 100% | $3,470 | ||
24European Journal of PersonalitySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.57Q1 | 4.50 2.67 down from 2022 | 198 | 73% | $3,900 | ||
25Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.56Q1 | 4.75 3.14 down from 2022 | 232 | 100% | $3,190 | ||
26Journal of Consulting and Clinical PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.55Q1 | 5.35 1.42 down from 2022 | 237 | 45% | — | ||
27Clinical Psychology ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 2.55Q1 | 16.39 0.67 up from 2022 | 244 | 55% | $5,270 | ||
28Journal of Adolescent HealthElsevier BV · United States | 2.44Q1 | 4.62 2.35 down from 2022 | 1,069 | 99% | $3,670 | ||
29Journal of Youth and AdolescenceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.39Q1 | 4.48 1.01 down from 2022 | 516 | 55% | $3,890 | ||
30European Child & Adolescent PsychiatrySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.38Q1 | 7.14 1.40 down from 2022 | 641 | 68% | $2,990 | ||
30School PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.38Q1 | 5.70 1.48 up from 2022 | 146 | 23% | — | ||
32Applied Psychology Health and Well-BeingWiley · United Kingdom | 2.38Q1 | 4.79 4.66 down from 2022 | 234 | 80% | $3,920 | ||
33Depression and AnxietyWiley · United States | 2.33Q1 | 5.76 2.69 down from 2022 | 285 | 100% | $2,490 | ||
34Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)OAPontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas · Brazil | 2.31Q1 | 1.00 10.18 down from 2022 | 122 | 100% | — | ||
35International Journal of Social PsychiatrySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.30Q1 | 3.13 6.93 down from 2022 | 554 | 52% | $3,900 | ||
36Asian Journal of Social Health and BehaviorOAMedknow · India | 2.27Q1 | 5.46 3.21 down from 2022 | 88 | 100% | — | ||
37Chronic StressOASAGE Publishing · United States | 2.27Q1 | 6.17 0.71 up from 2022 | 68 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
38Evidence-Based Mental HealthBMJ · United Kingdom | 2.23Q1 | 8.88 3.47 up from 2022 | 100 | — | — | ||
39Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryElsevier BV · United States | 2.20Q1 | 4.59 2.53 down from 2022 | 539 | 83% | $3,710 | ||
40British Journal of Health PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.20Q1 | 4.33 6.10 down from 2022 | 220 | 92% | $4,240 | ||
41Journal of Abnormal PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.17Q1 | 5.95 0.99 up from 2022 | 127 | — | — | ||
42Developmental PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.14Q1 | 3.72 1.64 down from 2022 | 561 | 37% | — | ||
43Clinical Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.10Q1 | 5.80 0.23 up from 2022 | 243 | 75% | $3,900 | ||
44European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and EducationOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.09Q1 | 5.04 0.06 down from 2022 | 302 | 100% | $1,689 | ||
45International Journal of Mental Health NursingWiley · Australia | 2.07Q1 | 4.67 2.62 down from 2022 | 392 | 79% | $5,050 | ||
46BMC PsychologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.03Q1 | 4.16 1.07 down from 2022 | 647 | 100% | $1,990 | ||
47Journal of PersonalityWiley · United States | 2.02Q1 | 4.03 1.15 down from 2022 | 248 | 79% | $3,780 | ||
48Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and PolicyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.02Q1 | 3.03 5.78 down from 2022 | 685 | 25% | — | ||
49Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienneAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.02Q1 | 2.79 3.10 down from 2022 | 129 | 26% | — | ||
50Frontiers in PsychologyOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 2.00Q1 | 3.98 1.42 down from 2022 | 17,948 | 100% | $3,801 |
Subfields of Psychology, with Clinical Psychology highlighted.
- Clinical Psychology609
- Social Psychology196
- Developmental and Educational Psychology123
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology105
- Applied Psychology10
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology5
- General Psychology1
Journals
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
124 additional Clinical Psychology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2020–2022, 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: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 609
- Window papers (baseline)
- 190,132 +43.0% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 0.80 -8.2% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 56
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 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.