About this journal
Aims and scope
The Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP) is Division 53 of the American Psychological Association. SCCAP is committed to improve the mental health and development of children, adolescents, and families, and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
SCCAP provides a forum for clinicians, researchers, educators, and students.
Membership benefits include access to the research journals published by the society. Membership information including fees, benefits and how to join can be found on the society website.
The Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology publishes two journals:
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health .
To submit your paper, read the journal's Instruction for Authors.
To register as a peer reviewer visit the journal’s submission site and create an account. For reviewer training opportunities, discover our Peer Reviewer Training Network.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 529K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 4.2 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 5.0 (2023) 5 year IF
- 9.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.840 (2023) SNIP
- 1.635 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 15 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 110 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 21 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 13% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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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
EDITOR
Andres De Los Reyes, Ph.D. - University of Maryland at College Park, US
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Deborah A.G. Drabick, Ph.D. - Temple University, US
Noni K. Gaylord-Harden, Ph.D. - Texas A&M University, US
Bryce D. McLeod, Ph.D. - Virginia Commonwealth University, US
Armando A. Pina, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, US
Susan W. White, Ph.D. - The University of Alabama, US
MANAGING EDITOR
Barbara A. Myers, M.S. - Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, US
CONSULTING EDITORS
Roberto L. Abreu, Ph.D. - University of Florida, US
Candice A. Alfano, Ph.D. - University of Houston, US
Alisha Ali, Ph.D. - New York University, US
LaRue Allen, Ph.D. - New York University, US
Riana Elyse Anderson, Ph.D., LCP - Columbia University, US
Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow, Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles, US
Marc S. Atkins, Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Chicago, US
Daniel M. Bagner, Ph.D., ABPP - Florida International University, US
Sunhye Bai, Ph.D., MPH- University of Oregon, US
R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez, Ph.D. - New York University Grossman School of Medicine, US
Miya L. Barnett, Ph.D. - University of California at Santa Barbara, US
Kimberley D. Becker, Ph.D. - University of South Carolina, US
Rinad S. Beidas, Ph.D. - Northwestern University, US
Donte Bernard, Ph.D. - University of Missouri at Columbia, US
Deborah C. Beidel, Ph.D., ABPP - University of Central Florida, US
Karen L. Bierman, Ph.D. - The Pennsylvania State University, US
Jessica Borelli, Ph.D . - University of California at Irvine , US
Brian A. Boyd, Ph.D. - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US
Rhonda C. Boyd, Ph.D. - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, US
Catherine P. Bradshaw, Ph.D. - University of Virginia, US
Rosanna Breaux, Ph.D. - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US
David A. Brent, M.D. - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, US
Jeffrey D. Burke, Ph.D. - University of Connecticut
G. Leonard Burns, Ph.D. - Washington State University, US
Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D. - Stony Brook University (SUNY), US
Matthew M. Carper, Ph.D. - William James College, US
Alice S. Carter, Ph.D. - University of Massachusetts at Boston, US
Rona Carter, Ph.D. - University of Michigan, US
Jude Cassidy, Ph.D.- University of Maryland at College Park, US
Timothy A. Cavell, Ph.D. - University of Arkansas, US
Christine B. Cha, Ph.D. - Teachers College, Columbia University, US
Anil Chacko, Ph.D. - New York University, US
Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, US
Denise A. Chavira, Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles, US
Diane Chen, Ph.D. - Northwestern University, US
Bruce F. Chorpita, Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles, US
N. Keita Christophe, Ph.D. - McGill University
Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, Ph.D. - University of Maryland at College Park, US
Brian C. Chu, Ph.D. - Rutgers University, US
Marika Coffman, Ph.D. - Duke University School of Medicine, US
Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D. - Florida International University, US
Susan L. Crowley Ph.D, ABPP - Utah State University, US
Rick A. Cruz, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, US
John F. Curry, Ph.D., ABPP - Duke University Medical Center, US
Thompson E. Davis III, Ph.D. - The University of Alabama , US
Gabriel S. Dichter, Ph.D. - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US
Melanie A. Dirks, Ph.D. - McGill University, Canada
Lea Rose Dougherty, Ph.D. - University of Maryland at College Park, US
Michael C. Edwards, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, US
Katherine B. Ehrlich, Ph.D. - University of Georgia, US
Catherine C. Epkins, Ph.D. - Texas Tech University, US
Spencer C. Evans, Ph.D. - University of Miami
Julia W. Felton, Ph.D. - Henry Ford Health, US
Stacy L. Frazier, Ph.D. - Florida International University, US
Paul J. Frick, Ph.D. - Louisiana State University,US
Mary A. Fristad, Ph.D., ABPP - Nationwide Children's Hospital, US
Jessica N. Fish, Ph.D. - University of Maryland at College Park, US
Kathryn Fox, Ph.D. - University of Denver, US
Chardée A. Galán, Ph.D. - The Pennsylvania State University , US
Judy Garber, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University, US
Brandon E. Gibb, Ph.D. - Binghamton University (SUNY), US
Cassie Glenn, Ph.D. - Old Dominion University, US
Jennifer M. Gómez, Ph.D. - Boston University , US
Fallon R. Goodman, Ph.D. - George Washington University , US
Katherine Gotham, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, US
DeMond M. Grant, Ph.D. - Oklahoma State University, US
Kathryn Grant, Ph.D. - DePaul University, US
Paulo A. Graziano, Ph.D. - Florida International University, US
Kirstin Greaves-Lord, Ph.D. - Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands
Omar G. Gudiño, Ph.D., ABPP - Child Mind Institute, US
Thao Ha, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, US
Jessica L. Hamilton, Ph.D. - Rutgers University, US
Benjamin Hankin, Ph.D. - University of Denver, US
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, Ph.D. - Harvard University, US
David J. Hawes, Ph.D. - University of Sydney, Australia
Heather A. Henderson, Ph.D. - University of Waterloo, Canada
Maciel M. Hernández, Ph.D. - University of California at Davis, US
Lori M. Hilt, Ph.D. - Lawrence University, US
Jennifer L. Hudson, Ph.D. - Black Dog Institute, Australia
Diane Hughes, Ph.D. - New York University, US
Stanley J. Huey, Jr., Ph.D. - University of Southern California, US
Kathryn L. Humphreys, Ph.D., Ed.M. - Vanderbilt University, US
Noelle M. Hurd, Ph.D., MPH - University of Virginia, US
Nick Ialongo, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, US
Stephanie Irby Coard, Ph.D. - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, US
Yo Jackson, Ph.D. - The Pennsylvania State University, US
Matthew A. Jarrett, Ph.D. - The University of Alabama, US
Shabnam Javdani, Ph.D. - New York University, US
Amanda Jensen-Doss, Ph.D. - University of Miami, US
Heather A. Jones, Ph.D. - Virginia Commonwealth University, US
Shawn C.T. Jones, Ph.D., MHS, LCP - Virginia Commonwealth University, US
Ernest N. Jouriles, Ph.D. - Southern Methodist University, US
Erin Kang, Ph.D. - Montclair State University, US
Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., ABPP - Yale University, US
Christopher A. Kearney, Ph.D. - University of Nevada at Las Vegas, US
Philip C. Kendall, Ph.D., ABPP - Temple University, US
Connor Morrow Kerns, Ph.D. - University of British Columbia, Canada
Joanna J. Kim, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, US
Cheryl A. King, Ph.D., ABPP - University of Michigan, US
Evan M. Kleiman, Ph.D. - Rutgers University, US
Annette M. La Greca, Ph.D., ABPP - University of Miami, US
Robert D. Laird, Ph.D. - University of Alabama, US
Joshua M. Langberg, Ph.D. - Rutgers University , US
David A. Langer, Ph.D., ABPP - Suffolk University, US
Steve S. Lee, Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles, US
Matthew D. Lerner, Ph.D. - Drexel University, US
Marguerita Lightfoot, Ph.D. - Oregon Health and Science University , US
Michael A. Lindsey, Ph.D., MSW, MPH - New York University, US
Richard T. Liu, Ph.D. - Harvard Medical School, US
John E. Lochman, Ph.D., ABPP - The University of Alabama, US
Catherine Lord, Ph.D., ABPP - Weill Cornell Medical College, US
Nicole E. Lorenzo, Ph.D. - American University, US
Celeste M. Malone, Ph.D. - Howard University, US
Michelle M. Martel, Ph.D. - University of Kentucky, US
Katie A. McLaughlin, Ph.D. - University of Oregon, US
Alfonso Mercado, Ph.D. - University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley, US
Isha W. Metzger, Ph.D., LCP - Georgia State University, US
Amori Yee Mikami, Ph.D. - University of British Columbia, Canada
Meghan Miller, Ph.D. - University of California at Davis, US
Jeanne Miranda, Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles, US
Erica Musser, Ph.D. - Florida International University, US
Brad J. Nakamura, Ph.D. - University of Hawaii at Manoa, US
Victoria K. Ngo, Ph.D. - City University of New York, US
Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D. - Harvard University, US
Christine McCauley Ohannessian, Ph.D. - University of Connecticut , US
Thomas M. Olino, Ph.D. - Temple University, US
Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D., ABBP - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US
Ijeoma Opara, Ph.D., LMSW, MPH - Yale University, US
Julie Sarno Owens, Ph.D. - Ohio University, US
John Pachankis, Ph.D. - Yale University, US
Dustin A. Pardini, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, US
Justin Parent, Ph.D. - University of Rhode Island, US
Norma Perez-Brena, Ph.D. - University of Arizona, US
Tara S. Peris, Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles, US
Jeremy Pettit, Ph.D. - Florida International University, US
Daniel S. Pine, M.D. - National Institute of Mental Health, US
Seth D. Pollak, Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin at Madison, US
Antonio Polo, Ph.D. - DePaul University, US
Maggi A. Price, Ph.D. - Boston College, US
Mitchell J. Prinstein, Ph.D. - ABPP University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US
Jill A. Rabinowitz, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins University, US
Sarah Jensen Racz, Ph.D. - University of Maryland at College Park, US
Emily J. Ricketts, Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles, US
Cristalís Capielo Rosario, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, US
Paul J. Rosen, Ph.D. - University of Louisville, US
Michelle Rozenman, Ph.D. - University of Denver, US
Randall T. Salekin, Ph.D. - University of Alabama, US
Amanda L. Sanchez, Ph.D. - George Mason University, US
Jessica L. Schleider, M.A. - Northwestern University, US
Brandon G. Scott, Ph.D. - Montana State University, US
Judith C. Scott, Ph.D., LICSW - Boston University, US
Eleanor K. Seaton, Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US
Edward A. Selby, Ph.D. - Rutgers University, US
Maragaret H. Sibley, Ph.D. - University of Washington, US
Jennifer S. Silk, Ph.D. - University of Pittsburgh, US
Wendy K. Silverman, Ph.D., ABPP - Yale University School of Medicine, US
Grace Lee Simmons, Ph.D. - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US
Valerie A. Simon, Ph.D. - Wayne State University, US
Shardé McNeil Smith, Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Urbana at Champaign, US
Michael A. Southam-Gerow, Ph.D. - Virginia Commonwealth University, US
Anthony Spirito, Ph.D., ABPP - Brown Medical School, US
Ric G. Steele, Ph.D., ABPP - University of Kansas, US
Timothy R. Stickle, Ph.D. - University of Vermont, US
Eric A. Storch, Ph.D. - Baylor College of Medicine, US
Natasha M. Strassfeld, J.D., Ph.D. - New York University, US
Jinni Su, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, US
Jenn-Yun Tein, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, US
Alvin Thomas, Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin at Madison, US
Martha C. Tompson, Ph.D. - Boston University, US
Sheree L. Toth, Ph.D. - University of Rochester, US
Erlanger A. Turner, Ph.D. - Pepperdine University, US
Fanita Tyrell, Ph.D. - University of Maryland at College Park, US
Anna Van Meter, Ph.D. - Northwell Health, US
R. Enrique Varela, Ph.D. - Loyola University at New Orleans, US
Fatima Varner, Ph.D. - University of Texas at Austin, US
Michael W. Vasey, Ph.D. - The Ohio State University, US
Amanda C. Venta, Ph.D. - University of Houston, US
Andres G. Viana, Ph.D., ABPP - Texas A&M University, US
Dexter R. Voisin, Ph.D. - Case Western Reserve University, US
Martha E. Wadsworth, Ph.D. - The Pennsylvania State University, US
Ryan J. Watson, Ph.D. - University of Connecticut, US
Ashley L. Watts, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University, US
Carl Weems, Ph.D. - Iowa State University, US
V. Robin Weersing, Ph.D. - San Diego State University, US
John R. Weisz, Ph.D., ABPP - Harvard University, US
Amy E. West, Ph.D. - University of Southern California, US
Bradley A. White, Ph.D. - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US
Henry Artez Willis, Ph.D. - University of Maryland at College Park, US
Miwa Yasui, Ph.D. - University of Chicago, US
Andrea S. Young, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins University, US
Eric A. Youngstrom, Ph.D. - Nationwide Children's Hospital , US
Janice L. Zeman, Ph.D. - College of William and Mary, US
Na Zhang, Ph.D. - University of Connecticut, US
Bonnie T. Zima, M.D., MPH. - University of California at Los Angeles, US
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/indexed in: Abstracts in Anthropology; Academic Search Premier; Ageline; CINAHL; CSA Biology Digest; CSA Health & Safety Science Abstracts; CSA PAIS; CSA Risk Abstracts; CSA Social Services Abstracts; CSA Sociological Abstracts; CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts; EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; H.W. Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega (MDI); H.W. Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select (MD 5); H.W. Wilson Social Sciences Index Abstracts Full Text; JournalSeek; MasterFILE Premier; MEDLINE; Periodical Abstracts Research (PerAbs); ProQuest Research Library; PubMed; Research Library Core; Sage Criminal Justice Abstracts.
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Society information
The Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP) is Division 53 of the American Psychological Association. SCCAP is committed to improve the mental health and development of children, adolescents, and families, and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
SCCAP provides a forum for clinicians, researchers, educators, and students.
Membership benefits include access to the research journals published by the society. Membership information including fees, benefits and how to join can be found on the society website.
The Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology publishes two journals:
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health .
To submit your paper, read the journal's Instruction for Authors.
To register as a peer reviewer visit the journal’s submission site and create an account. For reviewer training opportunities, discover our Peer Reviewer Training Network.
6 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (2001 - current)
Formerly known as
- Journal of Clinical Child Psychology (1971 - 2000)
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