About this journal
Aims and scope
Anxiety, Stress, & Coping publishes high-quality studies on a variety of topics related to antecedents, processes, and consequences of anxiety, stress, and coping and their concomitant emotional, physiological, and motivational states. We publish rigorous studies conducted with human participants based on experimental (e.g., lab interventions) and sound correlational designs (e.g., longitudinal, experience sampling, multiple-groups). We also publish systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and meta-analytical reviews if they are sufficiently comprehensive and specific to the aims and scope of our journal. While the journal is open to a diversity of articles, some types of studies (e.g., small samples, surveys with cross-sectional data, validation of scales, qualitative studies) are often desk-rejected and they are considered for publication only when they constitute an important advancement in our field. Whenever applicable, presenting more than one study in the same manuscript is preferable to demonstrate the generalizability and replicability of the findings. Studies conducted with specific populations (e.g., sport, education, work) are acceptable, providing that they contribute to and are interpreted within the broader literature on anxiety, stress, and coping.
Peer Review: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors 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 ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 253K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.3 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.8 (2023) 5 year IF
- 7.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.493 (2023) SNIP
- 1.343 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 0 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 104 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 9 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 10% 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.
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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
Editors-in-Chief:
Patrick Gaudreau - University of Ottawa, CANADA
Anthony D. Mancini - Pace University, USA
Past Editor:
Aleksandra Luszczynska - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, POLAND
Mark A. Ellenbogen - Concordia University, CANADA
Founding Editor:
Ralf Schwarzer - Free University of Berlin, GERMANY
Associate Editors:
Ateka Contractor – North Texas University, USA
Patrick Clarke – Curtin University, Australia
Caroline Donovan - Griffith University, School of Applied Psychology, Australia
Ewa Gruszczynska - SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland
Mustafa Sarkar - School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Ben Schellenberg - University of Manitoba, Canada
Andreas Schwerdtfeger - University of Graz, AUSTRIA
Oliver Weigelt - University of Groningen, Netherlands
Editorial Board:
Arnold B. Bakker - Erasmus University Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS
Albert Bandura - Stanford University, USA
Charles C. Benight - University of Colorado, USA
Jerrell C. Cassady - Ball State University, USA
Carina Chan - La Trobe University, AUSTRALIA
Cecilia Cheng - The University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG
Roman Cieslak - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, POLAND
Karin Coifman - Kent State University, USA
Monique Crane - Macquarie University, Australia
Peter J. de Jong - University of Groningen, the NETHERLANDS
Rachel Dekel - Bar Ilan University, ISRAEL
Leah D. Doane - Arizona State University, USA
Boris Egloff - University of Leipzig, GERMANY
Michael Eysenck - Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
David Fletcher - Loughborough University, UK
Susan Folkman - University of California, San Francisco, USA
Yori Gidron - Free University of Brussels, BELGIUM and IESEG School of Management, FRANCE
Karni Ginzburg - Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL
Esther R. Greenglass - York University, CANADA
Gloria Gonzáles Morales- University of Guelph, CANADA
Konstadina Griva - National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
Knut Hagtvet - University of Oslo, NORWAY
Brian Hall - New York University (Shanghai)
Stevan E. Hobfoll - Rush University, USA
Volker Hodapp - Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, GERMANY
Stefan G. Hofmann - Boston University, USA
Brian M. Hughes - National University of Ireland, IRELAND
Jeremy P. Jamieson - University of Rochester, USA
Krys Kaniasty - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA & Polish Academy of Sciences
Evangelos C. Karademas - University of Crete, GREECE
Rex Kline - Concordia University, CANADA
Nina Knoll - Freie University Berlin, GERMANY
Ernst Koster - Ghent University, BELGIUM
Stephen J. Lepore - Temple University, USA
Ulf Lundberg - Stockholm University, SWEDEN
Andreas Maercker - University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Mia Skytte O'Toole - Aarhus University, DENMARK
Crystal Park - University of Connecticut, USA
Reinhard Pekrun - University of Munich, GERMANY
Pamela Rackow - University of Aberdeen, UK
Anne Richards - Birkbeck University of London, UK
Christine Rini - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Sonja Rohrmann - Goethe-University Frankfurt, GERMANY
Katariina Salmela-Aro - University of Jyvaskyla, FINLAND
Irwin Sarason - University of Washington, USA
Urte Scholz - University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Simon Sherry - Dalhousie University, CANADA
Fuschia Sirois - University of Sheffield, UNITED KINGDOM
George M. Slavich - UCLA, USA
David Valentiner – North Indiana University, USA
Noa Vilchinsky - Bar-Ilan University, ISRAEL
Martha E. Wadsworth - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Jenny Yiend - Kings College London, UK
Moshe Zeidner - University of Haifa, ISRAEL
Abstracting and indexing
Anxiety, Stress & Coping is abstracted in:
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Current Contents - Social and Behavioural Sciences
MEDLINE
Neurosciences Citation Index
PASCAL
Pilots
SCOPUS (2019 CiteScore 3.8; 62 / 275 Clinical Psychology, 70 / 327 Developmental and Educational Psychology, 149 / 506 Psychiatry and Mental Health, 47 / 295 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous))
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Sociological Abstracts
Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
Open access
Anxiety, Stress, & Coping 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)
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6 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Anxiety, Stress, & Coping: An International Journal (1992 - current)
Formerly known as
- Anxiety Research (1988 - 1991)
Anxiety, Stress & Coping continues its tradition of soliciting contemporary reviews of the scientific literature from well-known leaders in the field. These invited reviews maintain our commitment to publishing state-of-the-art methodological and conceptual papers that we hope will challenge and stimulate the next generation of researchers. In 2018, we have launched the Big Ideas Series in Stress, Anxiety & Coping, which aims to highlight novel theoretical and empirical contributions that will move the field forward and stimulate new areas of research. Click on the titles below for more information.
Big Ideas Series
M. F. Crane, B. J. Searle, and M. Kangas
Optimizing stress responses with reappraisal and mindset interventions: an integrated model
Jeremy P. Jamieson, Alia J. Crum, J. Parker Goyer, Marisa E. Marotta and Modupe Akinola
Volume 29, Issue 4, 2016
Depression and stressful environments: identifying gaps in conceptualization and measurement
Constance Hammen
Volume 27, Issue 2, 2014
A stress and coping perspective on health behaviors: theoretical and methodological considerations
Crystal L. Park and Megan O. Iacocca
Volume 25, Issue 1, 2012
Episodic repetitive thought: dimensions, correlates, and consequences
Suzanne C. Segerstrom, Annette L. Stanton, Sarah McQueary Flynn, Abbey R. Roach, Jamie J. Testa and Jaime K. Hardy
Volume 24, Issue 1, 2011
Anxiety buffer disruption theory: a terror management account of posttraumatic stress disorder
Tom Pyszczynski and Pelin Kesebir
Volume 21, Issue 1, 2008
The case for positive emotions in the stress process
Susan Folkman
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