About this journal
Aims and scope
The European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling is a peer-reviewed publication established in 1998, which aims to stimulate debate throughout Europe on developments in psychotherapy and counselling. The journal covers the psychological therapies with particular, but not exclusive, reference to developments in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, counselling and counselling psychology. It raises important questions regarding European practice, theory and research for psychotherapists and counsellors, students, academics and related professionals.
The Journal focuses on the following areas:
- Debate between different European theoretical approaches to psychotherapy and counselling and their respective traditions of practice and research
- Developments within Europe of particular modalities, for example, adolescent, child, cognitive-behavioural, constructivist, couple, existential, family, humanistic, hypno-psychotherapies, integrative, Jungian, medical, psychoanalytic, relational, sexual, systemic
- Individual and group psychotherapy and counselling in public, private and voluntary settings
- The interaction between the psychological and the physical and the status of these categories
- The nature of psychotherapeutic knowledge and its implications for practice, theory and research
- The contributions to psychotherapy and counselling from developments in European academic disciplines
- An exploration of European psychotherapy and counselling as a cultural practice with particular reference to European thought and continental philosophy.
Potential Special Issue proposals are welcomed. Examples of possible future special issues include:
- Developments in therapeutic communities in Europe
- Critical psychotherapy and counselling
- Histories and developments within Europe of particular modalities, for example, adolescent, child, cognitive-behavioural, constructivist, couple, existential, family, humanistic, hypno-psychotherapies, integrative, Jungian, medical, psychoanalytic, relational, sexual, systemic
- Political, legal, economic, social and technological changes in Europe affecting the provision of psychotherapy and counselling
- A comparison of European approaches to researching psychotherapy and counselling
- A critical review of phenomenological research as a misnomer
- The use of Psilocybin in psychotherapy and counselling
- Post-colonialism and European psychotherapy and counselling
UKCP Affiliation to EJPC
Since January 2023, the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) has been affiliated with the European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling (EJPC). UKCP and EJPC are in full recognition of EJPC’s independent editorial freedom and that the views expressed in the journal are not necessarily those of UKCP.
Peer Review Integrity
All research articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by at least two independent referees. All peer review is double anonymized and online via Routledge's Submission Portal.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 76K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- 0.4 (2023) 5 year IF
- 0.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.210 (2023) SNIP
- 0.163 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 50 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 100 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 25 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 30% 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:
Professor Del Loewenthal - University of Roehampton, UK
Practice Editor:
Dr Jay Watts - University of London/Barts and the London School of Medicine, UK
Theory Editor:
Dr Anastasios Gaitanidis - Regent’s University London, UK
Research Editor:
Professor David Winter - University of Hertfordshire, UK
Book Review Editors:
Dr. Ioannis Papadopoulos - North Hellenic Psychoanalytic Society, Greece
Dr. Emmanouil Manakas - University of Thessaly, Greece
Assistant Editor:
William Horsnell, UK
International Editorial Board:
Professor Evrinomy Avdi - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr Sofie Bager-Charleston - Metanoia Institute, UK
Dr Manu Bazzano - Private Practice, UK
Professor Robert Bor - Royal Free Hospital, UK
Professor Mikkel Bosch-Jacobsen - University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Professor Luis Botella - Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain
Professor Erica Burman - Manchester University, UK
Professor Windy Dryden - Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Professor Emmy van Deurzen - New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, UK
Darian Leader - The College of Psychoanalysts, UK
Christine Lister-Ford - Stockton Counselling and Psychotherapy Training Institute, UK
Professor John McLeod - IICP College, Dublin, Ireland
Professor Claudio Neri - La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Dr Susie Orbach - London School of Economics, London, UK
Professor Ian Parker - University of Leicester, UK
Professor Alfred Pritz - Sigmund Freud University, Austria
Elisabeth Roudinesco - Paris Diderot University, France
Professor Sergio Salvatore - La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Professor Sonu Shamdasani - University College London, UK
Dr Valerie Sinason - Institute of Psychotherapy and Disability, UK
Professor Tom Strong - University of Calgary, Canada
Professor Digby Tantam - University of Sheffield, UK
Professor Keith Tudor - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Professor Jarl Wahlström - University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Translators
Nicole Fisher- German
Trish Talens - Spanish
Ayres Marques Pinto - Italian
Lea Misen - French
Anna Mylona & Christina Lagogianni - Greek
Updated 09-05-2023
Abstracting and indexing
The European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling is currently noted in:
- Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA)
- Psychological Abstracts/PsycINFO
- Scopus
- Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
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