About this journal

Aims and scope

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is a peer reviewed, multidisciplinary journal devoted to the application of behavioural and cognitive sciences to clinical psychology and psychotherapy.

The journal publishes state-of-the-art scientific articles within:

  • clinical and health psychology
  • psychopathology
  • behavioural medicine
  • assessment
  • treatment
  • theoretical issues pertinent to behavioural, cognitive and combined cognitive behavioural therapies

With the number of high quality contributions increasing, the journal has been able to maintain a rapid publication schedule, providing readers with the latest research in the field.

All submitted manuscripts 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 Scholar One Manuscripts.

Now indexed in the Thomson Reuter's Social Science Citation Index!

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 226K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 4.3 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 4.8 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 9.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.763 (2023) SNIP
  • 1.767 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 3 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 75 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 10 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 29% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editors-in-Chief
Alexander Rozental - (European Office) Department of Psychology, Uppsala University SE-751 42 Uppsala, Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)73 693 79 48
Dr. Alexander Rozental is a licensed psychologist, Associate Professor, and Study Director at the Department of Psychology at Uppsala University. His research involves the study of transdiagnostic issues and behavioral problems that underlie or affect different types of mental distress, for example perfectionism and procrastination.
His research also covers such topics as Internet-based psychological treatments, conceptualization and prevention of negative effects and malpractice issues related to psychological treatments, and psychiatric inpatient care. For further information, please see his website: https://katalog.uu.se/empinfo/?id=N21-991

Mark B. Powers - (North American Office) Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX 78712, USA
Tel: +1 512-471-5177
Dr. Mark Powers is a licensed psychologist, Research Associate Professor, and the Co-Director of the Anxiety and Health Behaviors Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. His main research focus is the nature, causes, and treatment of anxiety and related disorders (particularly posttraumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder). He is also interested in the dissemination of empirically supported treatments. For further information, please see his website: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/psychology/faculty/powersmb

Associate Editors

Gerhard Andersson - Department of Behavioural Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden

Monica Buhrman, Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden

R. Nicholas Carleton - Department of Psychology, University of Regina,Canada

Philip Lindner - Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Anka A. Vujanovic - Department of Psychology, University of Houston, USA

Sandra Weineland, Department of Psychology, Gothenburg University, Sweden

Michael J. Zvolensky - Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, USA

Book Review Editor
Joshua J. Broman-Fulks
ASU Psychology Clinic
Appalachian State University
222 Joyce Lawrence Lane
Boone NC 28608,USA
Email: [email protected]

Editorial Board

Jonathan Abramowitz - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

Brian Albanese - Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

Martin M. Antony - Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

Gordon J. G. Asmundson - University of Regina, Regina, Canada

Ioana Cristea - University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Johanna Böttcher - Psychologische Hochschule Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Per Carlbring, Stockholm University, Stockholm,  Sweden

Pim Cuijpers - Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Megan Douglas - Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, USA

Sona Dimidjian - University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA

Sarah Egan - Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Anke Ehlers - University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Pia Enebrink - Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden

Paul Emmelkamp - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ata Ghaderi - Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden

Heather Hadjistavropoulos - University of Regina, Regina, Canada

Allison Harvey - University of California, Berkeley, USA

Stefan G. Hofmann - Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Shin-ichi Ishikawa - Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

Ed Keogh - University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Carmen Beatriz Neufeld - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

G. Ron Norton - University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada

Lars-Göran Öst - Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Bunmi Olatunji - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

Michael W. Otto - Boston University, Boston, USA

Adam S. Radomsky - Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Ron Rapee - Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Bradley C. Reimann - Rogers Behavioral Health, Oconomowoc, USA

Nina Reinholt - Psykiatrien Vest Slagelse, Slagelse, Denmark

Barbara Rothbaum - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

Brad Schmidt - Florida State University, Florida, USA

Roz Shafran - UCL, London, UK

Jasper Smits - University of Texas, Austin, USA

Daniel J. Taylor - The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

Steven Taylor - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Michael J. Telch - University of Texas, Austin, USA

Nick Titov - Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Matthew Tull - University of Toledo, Ohio, USA

Martti T. Tuomisto - Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

Johan W.S. Vlaeyen - Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Glenn Waller - Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK

Tracey Wade - Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Amy Wenzel - Main Line Center for Evidence-Based Psychotherapy, Bryn Mawr, USA

Sabine Wilhelm - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

Monnica Williams - University of Ottawa, Vanier, Canada

Last updated 28 May 2024 

Abstracting and indexing

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:

BIOSIS Previews (Clarivate Analytics)
Current Contents - Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics)
EMCare (Elsevier) Index Medicus (NLM)
MEDLINE (NLM)
National Library of Health Sciences
PEDro
PsycINFO
Psychological Abstracts
Psychological Reader’s Guide
PubMed (NLM)
PubMed Selective Deposit Behavioural Science & Social Care (NLM)
Sage Family Studies
Scopus (Elsevier)
Social Science Database (ProQuest)
Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest)
Social Science Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)

Open access

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 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.

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  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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