About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of College Student Mental Health explores significant issues in the field of college student mental health. While contributions to the journal are welcome from college staff, faculty, students or other mental health professionals, the emphasis is on articles by and for college mental health professionals. All articles are expected to be directly relevant to the clinical specialty of college psychotherapy or counseling. We encourage authors to include as much diversity as possible in their samples to reflect the student population.
We welcome full-length or brief articles on professional issues, practice, or research findings. In addition, the Journal features opinion pieces, on-line interviews from international counseling centers, comments on key articles, and book reviews.
The Journal is published quarterly, and is affiliated with the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD). While unsolicited manuscripts will be reviewed, potential contributors are strongly encouraged to contact the editors beforehand to discuss their ideas’ suitability and direction. All manuscripts must be well organized and clearly written. Literature reviews should be no longer than absolutely necessary to justify an article’s importance and place it in context. Above all, articles should be interesting and useful to practicing college clinicians.
Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal undergo editorial screening and anonymized peer review by one or two reviewers.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 74K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.5 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.635 (2023) SNIP
- 0.411 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 39 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 121 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 14 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 29% 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.
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
EDITORS
Danielle R. Oakley, PhD, Founder/Consultant, Oakley & Associates Consulting, LLC, Hillsborough, NC, USA
Holly Harmon, PhD, Director, Counseling Center, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
DEPUTY EDITOR
Chetan Joshi PhD, Director, Counseling Center, University of Maryland, MD, USA
SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
Gabi Necastro, Student, Bradley University, IL, USA
EDITORIAL BOARD
Israel Abebe, PhD, Data Scientist, Counseling Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
David Francis Adams, PhD, Interim Associate Director, Student Counseling Services, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA
Chris Brownson, PhD, Associate VP for Student Affairs/ Director, Counseling and Mental Health Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Cindy Bruns, PhD, Director, Counseling Services, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, USA
Kathryn Bruning, MS, Director, Counseling Services, Curry College, Milton, MA, USA
Kayla Bueby, MSW-Clinical, Counseling Center Social Worker, Counseling and Psychological Services, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI, USA
Craig Burns, PhD, Director, University Counseling Services, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Stephanie G. Burrows, M.A., Doctoral Psychology Intern, Counseling Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Emily Bush, APRN, MSN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, Counseling Center, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
Mary Buzzetta, PhD, Clinical Psychologist/Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences/School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
Mary C. Commerford, PhD, Director, Furman Counseling Center, Barnard College, Port Washington, NY, USA
Stewart Cooper, PhD, ABPP, President, Life Enrichment Associates, Senior Research Professor & Professor (Emeritus), Department of Psychology, Director (Emeritus), Counseling Services, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, USA
Tania Czarnecki, PsyD, Executive Director, Counseling Center, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
David deBoer, PhD, Director, Counseling, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Richard Eichler, PhD, Associate Vice President, Counseling and Psychological Services & Health Services, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Jennifer Farrell, PhD, LCSW, CMPC, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
Talita Ferrara, MS, LMHC, Director, Personal Counseling Center, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Bethany Garr, LPC, Director, Counseling and Wellness, Converse University, Spartanburg, SC, USA
Gary D. Glass, PhD, Director, Counseling and Career Services, Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, GA, USA
Bree M Gould, PsyD, Training Coordinator, Counseling and Psychological Services, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA
Tiffany Guthrie, MS, LPC, Director, Counseling Center, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA, USA
Dennis Heitzmann, PhD, Consulting Psychologist/Partner, Rockland-Miller, Heitzmann and Associates, LLC, Senior Director (Emeritus), Counseling and Psychological Services, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
Elizabeth Jodoin, PhD, LPC, Clinical Solutions Consultant, Mantra Health, Spartanburg, SC, USA
Kaitlyn King, MSSA, LISW-S, Staff Therapist, Counseling Center, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
Helen Z. MacDonald, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, USA
Carla J McCowan, PhD, Director, Counseling Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA
Kristin Mehr, PhD, Assistant Chair, Counseling and Psychological Services, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA, USA
Ellie Olson, PhD, Director, Center for Wellness and Counseling, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Urvi Paralkar, PhD, Staff Psychologist, Counseling Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Heather M Pendleton-Helm, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Applied Psychology & Counselor Education, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, USA
H. Wesley Perkins, PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA
Jonathan Perry, PhD, Director (Emeritus), Counseling and Psychological Services, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
Rick Pongratz, PhD, Director, Counseling and Testing Services, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA
Harry S. Rockland-Miller, PhD, Consulting Psychologist/Partner, Rockland-Miller, Heitzmann and Associates, LLC, Director (Emeritus), University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Emeritus), Amherst, MA, USA
Melissa Rotkiewicz, PsyD, Director, Center for Counseling and Psychological Health, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
Cecilia Rougier, PhD, Director, Psychological Services Center, St. George’s University, St. George’s, Grenada.
Marjorie D. Sanfilippo, PhD, Associate Dean of Faculty, Executive Director of the Center for Academic Excellence, Professor of Psychology, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Barry A. Schreier, PhD, Director, Higher Education Programming, Scanlan Center for School Mental Health, Professor, Department of Counseling Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Victor Schwartz, MD, Mind Strategies, New York, NY, USA
Richard Shadick, PhD, Director, Counseling Center and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Pace University, New York, NY, USA
Susan Sobel, PhD, Director, Counseling Center, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, USA
Angela Stowe, PhD, LPC-S, Director, Student Counseling Services, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Gayatri Titus, PhD, Senior Counselor, Coordinator of Multicultural Services and Training, Counseling and Psychological Services, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA
Angie M. Trzepacz, PhD, Director, University Counseling Services, Murray State University, Murray, KY, USA
Greg Vander Wal, PhD, Executive Director, Counseling Center, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
EMERITI EDITORS
Paul Grayson, PhD, Director (Emeritus), Counseling and Wellness Center, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, USA
Phillip W. Meilman, PhD, Director (Emeritus), Counseling and Psychiatric Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA
Philip Rosenbaum, PhD, Director, Counseling and Psychological Services, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA
Leighton Whitaker, PhD, ABPP, Media, PA, USA
Ryan Weatherford, PhD, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA, USA
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Abstracting and indexing
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- Biological Sciences
- Ecology Abstracts (Online)
- Enviornmental Sciences and Pollution Management
- PsycINFO
- Social Services Abstracts
- Sociological Abstracts (Online) - EBSCOhost
- Academic Search Complete
- Academic Search Premier
- Current Abstracts
- Education Research Complete
- Education Research Index
- Educational Administration Abstracts
- MasterFILE Premier
- SocINDEX
- SocINDEX with Full Text
- TOC Premier
- Violence & Abuse Abstracts - Elsevier
- Scopus - MLA International Bibliography
- National Library of Medicine
- PubMed - OCLC
- ArticleFirst
- Electronic Collections Online
- Enviornmental Sciences and Pollution Management
- PsycFIRST - ProQuest
Open access
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- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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News, offers and calls for papers
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- Special print subscription rate of US$48 for members of AUCCCD. Contact +44 (0)20 7017 5543 or [email protected] to subscribe.
Society information
Members of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD) can receive an individual print subscription to Journal of College Student Mental Health at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.
AUCCCD members receive online access to the journal as a benefit of membership.
4 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Journal of College Student Mental Health (2024 - current)
Formerly known as
- Journal of College Student Psychotherapy (1987 - 2023)
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