About this journal
Aims and scope
The American Journal of Family Therapy continues to be the incisive, authoritative, independent voice in an ever-changing field. Contents include the latest techniques for assessing and treating couples and families, and issues and research on a variety of topics, including:
- normal and dysfunctional family relationships
- sexuality, intimacy, divorce, and premarital counseling
- traditional and alternative family styles and parenting styles
- family measurement techniques
- family legal issues
- school and community approaches to family intervention
- child and family custody evaluations
- couple and family therapy training and continuing education
- family spirituality and religious issues
- medical family therapy and family behavioral medicine
- family therapy in integrated primary care
- evidence based practice in family therapy
The American Journal of Family Therapy appeals to a wide readership, including marriage and family therapists, family counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, allied health practitioners, professional counselors, clinical social workers, clergy, physicians, and nurses.
Peer Review Policy:
All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
Publication office:
Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Readership:
Marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, allied health and mental health practitioners, counselors, clinical social workers, physicians, nurses, clergy practitioners.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 137K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.1 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.907 (2023) SNIP
- 0.465 (2023) SJR
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
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Len Sperry, MD, PhD – Florida Atlantic University & Medical College of Wisconsin
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Tracy N. Baker, PhD – Lynn University, USA
Tracy Baker, PhD – Lynn University, USA
Dennis A. Bagarozzi, PhD – Private Practice, USA
William Bernet, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical School, USA
Vassilia Binensztok, PhD – Florida Atlantic University, USA
James R. Bitter, EdD – East Tennessee State University, USA
Kathryn Bosso, PhD – Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA
Hannah Bowers, PhD – Florida Atlantic University, USA
Jamie Brodarick, PhD – Toccoa Falls College, USA
Mark Butler, PhD – Brigham Young University, USA
Ron Chenail, PhD – Nova Southeastern University, USA
William J. Doherty, PhD – University of Minnesota, USA
Todd M. Edwards, PhD – University of San Diego, USA
Kelly Emelianchik, PhD – Florida Atlantic University, USA
Anthony G. Foster, PhD – Private Practice, FRANCE
Maya Levit Frank, PhD – University of Haifa, ISRAEL
Brian Gerrard, PhD – University of San Francisco, USA
Carman Gill, PhD – Florida Atlantic University, USA
Phil Henry, PhD – Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA
Susan Johnson, PhD – University of Ottawa, CANADA
Young-Shin Kang, PhD – Chonnam National University, KOREA
Florence W. Kaslow, PhD – Florida Couples & Family Institute, USA
Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD – Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Kasia Kozlowska, MD – University of Sydney Medical School, AUSTRALIA
Edward Kruk, PhD – University of British Columbia, CANADA
Bonnie Lee, PhD – University of Lethbridge, CANADA
Ashley Luedke, PhD – St. Bonaventure University, USA
Tammy Malloy, PhD – Barry University, USA
Ursula Oberst, PhD – Universitat Ramon Llull, SPAIN
David H. Olson, PhD – University of Minnesota, USA
Mark Rosenman, PhD – The Toby Center, USA
Douglas Schoeninger, PhD – Private Practice, USA
Douglas K. Snyder, PhD – Texas A&M University, USA
Jonathan Sperry, PhD – Lynn University, USA
George Stoupas, PhD – Wake Forest University, USA
Jessica Toper, PhD – Michigan State University, USA
Sterling Travis, PhD – John Hopkins University, USA
Richard Warshak, PhD – University of Texas SW Medical Center, USA
Lee Williams, PhD – University of San Diego, USA
Daniel Williamson, PhD – Capella University, USA
Jennifer Williamson, PhD – Capella University, USA
Abe Worenklein, PhD – Concordia University, CANADA
Everett L. Worthington, Jr., PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/indexed in:
- Chadwyck-Healey
- Periodicals Index Online (PIO) - CSA
- PsycINFO
- Social Services Abstracts
- Sociological Abstracts - EBSCOhost
- Academic Search Alumni Edition
- Academic Search Complete
- Academic Search Elite
- Academic Search Premier
- Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)
- CINAHL Plus
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text
- CINAHL with Full Text
- Consumer Health Complete
- Current Abstracts
- Education Research Complete
- Education Research Index
- Family & Society Studies Worldwide
- Family Studies Abstracts
- Gender Studies Abstracts
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- Professional Development Collection
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
- SocINDEX
- SocINDEX with Full Text
- TOC Premier
- Violence & Abuse Abstracts
- Women's Studies International - Elsevier
- Scopus - H.W. Wilson
- Biography Index
- Book Review Digest Plus
- Education Abstracts
- Education Full Text
- Education Index
- Social Sciences Abstracts
- Social Sciences Full Text
- Social Sciences Index
- Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Mega Edition - National Library of Medicine
- PubMed - OCLC
- ArticleFirst
- Arts and Humanities Search
- Biography Index
- Education Abstracts
- Education Index
- Electronic Collections Online
- Periodical Abstracts
- PsycFIRST
- Social Sciences Abstracts
- Social Sciences Index
- Sociological Abstracts - ProQuest
- Thomson Reuters
- Current Contents
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Web of Science
Open access
The American Journal of Family 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.
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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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5 issues per year
Currently known as:
- The American Journal of Family Therapy (1979 - current)
Formerly known as
- International Journal of Family Counseling (1977 - 1978)
- Journal of Family Counseling (1973 - 1976)
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