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Clinical Psychology journal rankings 2025

604 ranked journals · Subfield in Psychology

Clinical Psychology has 604 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.90, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.04 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.44. The three highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are MMWR Supplements, The Lancet Public Health, and World Psychiatry: each is likely ranked within the top 7.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.

604
59% of Psychology
Median OJR

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.

0.91+0.04 vs 2024
This subfieldAll 0.78World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

32%
All fields: 38%
Median listed APC

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.

$3,415
Median positive listed APC: $3,415 among 272 journals. Another 5 list $0; 327 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

Subfields of Psychology (7)

604 ranked journals

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Quartiles split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. Q1 is the top quarter and Q4 the bottom quarter.

They are computed within the list on screen, so a journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 in the global ranking.

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Clinical Psychology ranking, 2025

Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest.

The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different.

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.

OJR

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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025.

A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change.

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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #2 of 604MMWR SupplementsOAUnited States
14.36Q116.58 24.42 down from 202440——
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #5 of 604The Lancet Public HealthOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
7.75Q116.90 0.99 up from 2024439100%$6,680
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #5 of 604World PsychiatryWiley · Italy
7.42Q116.85 1.23 up from 202434197%—
Rank 4; likely between #2 and #6 of 604Psychological BulletinAmerican Psychological Association · United States
6.71Q118.88 2.02 down from 202410251%—
Rank 5; likely between #5 and #8 of 604JAMA PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association · United States
4.72Q19.99 0.05 down from 202473257%—
Rank 6; likely between #4 and #12 of 604npj Mental Health ResearchOASpringer Science+Business Media
4.58Q111.03 5.78 up from 2024105100%$1,390
Rank 7; likely between #3 and #17 of 604The Lancet PsychiatryElsevier BV · United Kingdom
4.44Q17.88 2.04 down from 202464540%$7,280
Rank 8; likely between #3 and #68 of 604Psychotherapy and PsychosomaticsKarger Publishers · Switzerland
3.66Q15.01 4.38 down from 202415160%—
Rank 9; likely between #7 and #13 of 604Current Psychiatry ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States
3.62Q19.32 0.26 up from 202425947%$4,990
Rank 10; likely between #5 and #89 of 604Evidence-Based Mental HealthBMJ · United Kingdom
3.46Q1—no 2024 value31——
Rank 11; likely between #7 and #20 of 604Conflict and HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
3.30Q17.03 2.83 up from 2024193100%$3,290Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 12; likely between #9 and #20 of 604American Journal of PsychiatryAmerican Psychiatric Association · United States
3.13Q17.98 0.08 down from 202441133%—
Rank 13; likely between #8 and #20 of 604Journal of Behavioral AddictionsOAAkadémiai Kiadó · Hungary
3.12Q16.87 1.10 up from 2024252100%$916
Rank 14; likely between #11 and #26 of 604Journal of Youth and AdolescenceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States
2.82Q14.79 0.45 up from 202456131%$3,890
Rank 15; likely between #12 and #27 of 604Body ImageElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.80Q16.35 0.25 up from 202444066%$4,250Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 16; likely between #15 and #29 of 604BMC PsychologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.64Q15.70 1.52 up from 20241,533100%$1,990
Rank 17; likely between #15 and #30 of 604Psychology Research and Behavior ManagementOADove Medical Press · New Zealand
2.64Q15.19 1.07 up from 2024999100%$2,836Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 18; likely between #13 and #33 of 604Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.64Q15.32 0.25 down from 2024400100%$3,190
Rank 19; likely between #11 and #44 of 604Epidemiology and Psychiatric SciencesOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom
2.63Q15.19 0.91 down from 2024229100%$3,550
Rank 20; likely between #12 and #40 of 604Journal of Child Psychology and PsychiatryWiley · United Kingdom
2.59Q15.50 0.94 down from 202440581%$4,530
Rank 21; likely between #12 and #45 of 604School Mental HealthSpringer Science+Business Media · United States
2.58Q13.16 1.61 down from 202424553%$3,190Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 22; likely between #14 and #37 of 604Clinical Psychology ReviewElsevier BV · United States
2.58Q111.83 1.08 down from 202421772%$5,270
Rank 23; likely between #9 and #97 of 604Annual Review of Clinical PsychologyAnnual Reviews · United States
2.57Q118.26 0.64 up from 20245996%—
Rank 24; likely between #12 and #54 of 604American PsychologistAmerican Psychological Association · United States
2.53Q13.68no change54227%—Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 25; likely between #15 and #40 of 604Nature Mental HealthSpringer Science+Business Media
2.52Q16.22 0.73 up from 202433547%$12,690
Rank 26; likely between #9 and #106 of 604The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal ContextOAColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid · Spain
2.48Q16.10 0.55 up from 202430100%—
Rank 27; likely between #9 and #112 of 604AIMS Public HealthOAAIMS Press · United States
2.46Q15.22 1.36 up from 2024156100%$300Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 28; likely between #15 and #53 of 604Comprehensive PsychiatryOAElsevier BV · United States
2.42Q15.25 0.02 up from 2024247100%$3,470
Rank 29; likely between #11 and #77 of 604Current Opinion in PsychiatryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom
2.40Q16.24 0.54 up from 20241668%—
Rank 30; likely between #17 and #53 of 604Journal of Consulting and Clinical PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States
2.38Q15.54 0.35 down from 202421649%—
Rank 31; likely between #11 and #88 of 604Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
2.35Q14.66 1.95 down from 202416961%—
Rank 32; likely between #15 and #79 of 604Clinical Child and Family Psychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands
2.31Q18.95 0.88 up from 202412676%$3,990
Rank 33; likely between #15 and #83 of 604BMJ Mental HealthOABMJ
2.29Q16.67 0.85 up from 2024154100%—
Rank 34; likely between #21 and #61 of 604Journal of Eating DisordersOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.26Q15.88 0.49 up from 2024623100%$2,190Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 35; likely between #10 and #171 of 604European PsychologistHogrefe Verlag · Germany
2.25Q12.95 1.54 down from 20246356%—
Rank 36; likely between #25 and #55 of 604Acta PsychologicaOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.24Q14.66 0.92 up from 20241,007100%$2,670Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 37; likely between #24 and #66 of 604Journal of Research on AdolescenceWiley · United States
2.23Q12.78 1.14 down from 202432071%$3,400
Rank 38; likely between #7 and #269 of 604European Journal of Psychological AssessmentHogrefe Verlag · Germany
2.16Q12.18 2.04 down from 202417742%—
Rank 39; likely between #18 and #116 of 604Psychedelic MedicineMary Ann Liebert, Inc.
2.15Q14.17 1.16 down from 20246182%—
Rank 40; likely between #37 and #51 of 604Frontiers in PsychologyOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland
2.12Q14.63 0.49 up from 202415,976100%$3,801
Rank 41; likely between #32 and #69 of 604Journal of AdolescenceWiley · Netherlands
2.11Q13.46 0.50 down from 202441967%$3,150
Rank 42; likely between #11 and #213 of 604ParentingTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
2.10Q11.59 1.55 down from 20244658%—
Rank 43; likely between #24 and #100 of 604International Journal of Adolescence and YouthOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
2.07Q13.01 0.65 down from 2024221100%$1,226
Rank 44; likely between #35 and #71 of 604International Journal of Eating DisordersWiley · United States
2.06Q14.40 0.25 down from 202466379%$4,300Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 45; likely between #13 and #162 of 604Health Psychology ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
2.05Q110.84 1.14 down from 20248174%—
Rank 46; likely between #37 and #69 of 604Child Abuse & NeglectElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.05Q13.96 0.09 up from 20241,17150%$4,050
Rank 47; likely between #39 and #65 of 604Behavioral SciencesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
2.04Q14.04 0.40 up from 20242,790100%$2,654
Rank 48; likely between #34 and #75 of 604Developmental PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States
2.04Q12.87 0.72 down from 202458943%—Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 49; likely between #30 and #93 of 604Clinical Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United States
2.04Q14.52 0.01 up from 202419371%$3,900
Rank 50; likely between #41 and #65 of 604BMC PsychiatryOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.04Q15.22 0.63 up from 20242,692100%$3,290

The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated

Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

86 additional Clinical Psychology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
604
Window papers (baseline)
190,140 +9.7% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.90 +19.5% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
56

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals287302320325339349363382396413420438446464487510548555575585599603606609608604
Window papers (baseline)37,39040,53643,74747,44950,05153,61857,03062,35167,33572,93277,78683,48888,11093,35298,804105,346112,078118,018123,807127,821132,968149,239173,392190,132192,236190,140
Median OJR0.690.630.670.7180.7200.730.740.810.850.8740.8650.8700.990.950.9290.920.9270.890.8560.840.8710.780.760.800.8620.90

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.