The Journal of Poetry Therapy(JPT), sponsored by the National Association for Poetry Therapy, is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal committed to the publication of original articles concerned with the use of the literary arts in therapeutic, educational, and community-building capacities. The purview of the JPT includes the use of bibliotherapy, journal therapy, creative writing, narrative, lyrics, storytelling, and metaphor in human service settings. Research (qualitative and quantitative) , practice (clinical and education), theoretical, and literary studies are emphasized. The intended audience of JPT includes those in the allied helping professions and education, as well as those in literary/artistic fields with a concern toward promoting growth and healing through language, symbol, and story.
Peer Review Integrity
All research articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees. Submissions should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, Nicholas Mazza, at [email protected].
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76 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
10 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
32% 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.
Editor Dr Nicholas Mazza – Florida State University, College of Social Work, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2570 USA
Book Review Editor Karen vanMeenen – Journal of Poetry Therapy, 11 Granger Place #4, Rochester, NY 14607, USA
Editorial Board Kathleen Adams – Center for Journal Therapy, Denver, CO, USA Jennifer Bacon – Naropa University, Boulder, CO, USA Nicole Bizzotto – Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland Andrea Bramberger – University of Education Salzburg, Austria Geri Giebel Chavis – College of St. Catherine, Minnesota, USA Danielle Beazer Dubrasky – Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT,USA Victoria Field – Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Rich Furman – University of Washington, Tacoma, WA, USA Samuel T. Gladding – Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA Deborah Eve Grayson – Coral Springs, FL, USA Peggy Osna Heller – Wordsworth Center, Potomac, DC, USA Lori Howe – University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA Juhani Ihanus – University of Helsinki, Finland Mohammad Shafiqul Islam – Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh Beth Jacobs – Evanston, IL, USA Eric Kreuter – Yorktown Heights, New York, USA Deborah Langosch – Brooklyn, NY, USA Perie Longo – Santa Barbara, CA, USA Dahlia Lorenz – Israel Ministry of Education and Culture, Israel Marianela Medrano – Middlebury CT, USA Felipe Méndez-Alvarado – Montreal, Canada Donna C. Owens – Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, USA Cecilia Pettersson – University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden Sherry Reiter – The Creative Righting Center, New York, USA Stephen Rojcewicz – Silver Spring, MD, USA Charles Rossiter – Bennington, Vermont, USA Alfonso Santarpia – Université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada Joy Roulier Sawyer – Denver, CO, USA Daneshwar Sharma – Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Joy Shieman – Los Altos Hills, CA, USA Shanee Stepakoff – Farmington, Maine, USA Todd O. Williams – Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA
Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of Poetry Therapy is Abstracted or Indexed in:
Articles First (OCLC),
Bibliography of Periodicals Literature,
CSA Sociological Abstracts,
Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE),
Educational Resources Information (ERIC),
PsycINFO,
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences (IBZ),
International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences (IBR),
Scopus (Rehabilitation; Clinical Pscyhology),
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts(LLBA),
LOCATORplus (National Library of Medicine)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index
Open access
Journal of Poetry 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.
National Association for Poetry Therapy and our publisher Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in our publications. However, National Association for Poetry Therapy and our publisher Taylor & Francis, our agents (including the editor, any member of the editorial team or editorial board, and any guest editors), and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by National Association for Poetry Therapy and our publisher Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. National Association for Poetry Therapy and our publisher Taylor & Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to, or arising out of the use of the Content. Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions .
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