The Journal of Child Psychotherapy, first published in 1963, is the official journal of the Association of Child Psychotherapists. It aims to represent the pluralism of clinical practice, theory and research in psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapy, to promote the exchange of diverse perspectives and to provide a forum where new ideas can emerge and be debated.
We welcome submissions from mental health practitioners and researchers from all relevant professional backgrounds. We are interested in a wide range of papers concerned with the advancement of clinical practice, theory and research in the field of child and adolescent psychotherapy. We welcome submissions that engage in creative debates with other disciplines in order to understand the growth of the mind. Similarly we welcome papers that promote dialogue between psychoanalytic practitioners and colleagues practicing within other therapeutic modalities. We especially welcome papers highlighting the application of child and adolescent psychotherapy in different contexts to illustrate the versatility and evolution of practice in the field.
Readership
The Journal of Child Psychotherapy is an essential publication for all those with an interest in the theory, research and clinical practice of psychoanalytic work with infants, children, adolescents and their families.
Peer Review Integrity
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via Routledge's Submission Portal.
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25 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
63% 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.
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.
Associate Editors: Lynne Amidon Marie Bradley Robert Fleming Malby Oliver Caryn Onions Miranda Passey
Editorial Advisory Board: Neil Altman - New York University, New York, USA Anne Alvarez - Tavistock Clinic, London, UK James Astor - Society of Analytical Psychology, London, UK Dr Rami Bar-Giora - Ilan Clinic, Jerusalem, Israel Professor Siv Boalt Boëthius - Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Irma Brenman Pick - British Psycho-Analytical Society, London, UK Professor Gunnar Carlberg - Director, Erica Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden Elisabeth Da Rocha Barros - Sao Paulo, Brazil Dr Alicia Etchegoyen - British Psycho-Analytical Society, London, UK Professor Peter Fonagy - Freud Memorial Chair, University of London, UK Victoria Hamilton - Institute of Contemporary Psycho-Analysis, Los Angeles, USA Professor Jonathan Hill - Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, UK Knud Hjulmand - Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Dr Jill Hodges - Hospital for Sick Children, Gt Ormond St., London, UK Dr Alex Holder - Private Practice, Hamburg, Germany Dr Mario Jacoby - C.G. Jung-Institute of Zurich, Switzerland Veronica Mächtlinger - Karl-Abraham Institute, Berlin, Germany Suzanne Maiello - Italian Association of Psychoanalytic Child Psychotherapy, Rome, Italy Dr Mary Sue Moore - Boulder, Colorado, USA Professor Lynne Murray - Winnicott Research Unit, Cambridge, UK Kerry Kelly Novick - Michigan Psycho-Analytical Institute, Ann Arbor, USA Maria Rhode - Tavistock Clinic, UK Dr Jean Robinson - Scottish Institute of Human Relations, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Margaret Rustin - Tavistock Clinic, London, UK Dr Ivana Ruzickova - Czech Association for Psycho-Analytic Psychotherapy, Prague, Czech Republic Valerie Sinason - Director, Clinic for Dissociative Studies and Consultant Research Psychoanalyst, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK Murray Stein - C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA Professor J.P. Teuns - International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect, Amstel, Holland Lydia Tischler - British Association of Psychotherapists, London, UK Professor Colwyn Trevarthen - Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK Dr Judith Trowell - Tavistock Clinic & British Psycho-Analytical Society, London, UK Dr John Tsiantis - Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece Elizabeth Tuters - Chair: Child Psychotherapy Program, Toronto, Canada Dr Nina Vasilyeva - Department of Psychology, St Petersburg State University, Russia Dr György Vikár - Hungarian Psycho-Analytical Society, Budapest, Hungary Peter Wilson - Director, Young Minds, London, UK
Overseas Representatives: Australia - Peter Blake, Dr Averil Earnshaw, Frances Salo Brazil - D. D’Angelo Cyprus - Nikolas Antoniades Eire - Dr Louise Tansy Finland - Marja Schulman Germany - Angelika Wolff Greece - Effie Layiou-Lignos India - Sarosh Forbes Italy - Dr Serena Adamo Japan - Chizuko Yamagami Luxembourg – Dr Christine Frish Desmarez South Africa - Trevor Lubbe Sweden - Birgit Hallerfors USA - Laura Kleinerman, Frances Marton, Pamela Sorensen
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Print ISSN:
0075-417X
Online ISSN:
1469-9370
3 issues per year
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