About this journal
Aims and scope
Counselling Psychology Quarterly is an international interdisciplinary journal presenting empirical research articles, research-based systematic reviews, and exceptionally research-informed conceptual papers, which are relevant to counselling psychology as a scientific discipline and profession. The journal welcomes submissions that reflect counselling psychology articles globally, including such topics as counselling, psychotherapy, approaches to mental and psychological health that encourage a non-pathologizing and empowering approach to consumers of the services, and international issues related to training in and practice of counselling psychology.
The journal is particularly keen to encourage submissions that will be of immediate practical relevance to counselling psychologists throughout the world. The journal welcomes submissions from diverse methodological and theoretical standpoints.
Peer Review Integrity
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 150K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
- 2.3 (2023) 5 year IF
- 6.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.325 (2023) SNIP
- 1.012 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 51 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 90 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 10 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 30% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Co-Editors-in-Chief:
Sarah Knox - Marquette University, USA
Shigeru Iwakabe - Ochanomizu University, Japan
Founding Editor in Chief:
Waseem Alladin - Bishop Grosseteste University & University of Leicester, UK.
Editorial Board
Nelson Andrade-González - Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Robert Bor - Center for Aviation Psychology, UK
Walter Buboltz - Louisiana Tech University, USA
Isabel Caro - Universitat de València, Spain
Brian Cole - Seton Hall University, USA
Mick Cooper - University of Roehampton, UK
Rachel Crook-Lyon - Brigham Young University, USA
Changming Duan - University of Kansas, USA
Giulio de Felice - NC Italian University in London, UK
Nicola Gazzola - University of Ottawa, Canada
Rod Goodyear - University of Redlands, USA
Isabel Henton - Regent's University, UK
Puncky Heppner - University of Missouri – Columbia, USA
Clara Hill - University of Maryland, USA
Garry Hornby - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Ling Jin - University of North Texas, USA
Michael J. Lambert - Brigham Young University, USA
Melissa Jones - Brigham Young University, USA
Mark Leach - University of Louisville, USA
Sue Lease - University of Memphis, USA
Ya-Shu Liang - Alliant University, California School of Professional Psychology, USA
James Lichtenberg - (Emeritus) University of Kansas, USA
Ryon C. McDermott - University of South Alabama, USA
John McLeod - University of Abertay, Scotland, UK
Eric Miller - Kent State University, USA
Martin Milton - Regent’s University London, UK
Nancy Murdock - University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
Bonnie Nicholson - University of Southern Mississippi, USA
Johanna Nilsson - University of Missouri, USA
Marit Råbu - University of Oslo, Norway
Denis O'Hara - Hope Research and Practice Institute, Australia
Thomas Schröder - University of Nottingham, UK
Norah C. Slone - School of Professional Psychology, Spalding University, USA
Patricia Spangler - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA
Jessica Stahl - William James College, USA
Barbara Thompson - Independent Practice
Estelle Verdi - Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Barbara Vivino - Private Practice, USA
Andreas Vossler - The Open University, UK
Kenneth T. Wang - Fuller Theological Seminary, USA
Elena S. Yakunina - University at Buffalo, USA
Charles Young - Rhodes University, South Africa
Abstracting and indexing
Counselling Psychology Quarterly is indexed and abstracted in Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Educational Administration Abstracts, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Human Resources Abstracts, PASCAL, Psychological Abstracts/PsycINFO/PsycLIT, Scopus, Sociological Abstracts (SA), Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts and Violence and Abuse Abstracts.
Open access
Counselling Psychology Quarterly is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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