About this journal

Aims and scope

Recognized as the leading source of information on group therapy theory, practice, and research, this journal features contributions from foremost experts in the field. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy offers:

* Clinically-focused articles that integrate existing group theory and research with current group treatment models, process issues, and techniques
* Original empirical work on topics germane to group practice
* Personal, scholarly narrative on topics germane to group practice
* Reviews of existing clinical and research literatures that keep practitioners and researchers well-informed and up to date
* Scholarly work that translate or integrates the group psychotherapy literature with other group-oriented literatures (e.g. pedagogy, social psychology, I/O psychology, leadership, etc.)

*Articles that center topics relevant to historically underrepresented and/or marginalized persons or translate interventions germane to group work with said populations

*Reviews of current books and video releases relevant to group practice

*Special issues on such topics as attachment theory in group practice and social justice issues in group work

© 2018 Thomson Reuters, 2017 Journal Citations Report® ranks the International Journal of Group Psychotherapyin the Clinical Psychology category

Continuing Education Credit is available for articles in IJGP. Visit the AGPA CE Center ( https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/7GwOB4hdmNEmSM) for complete continuing education information.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 66K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.0 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 0.9 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 2.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • 0.451 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.277 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 75 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 84 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 33 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 36% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor

Cheri Marmarosh, Ph.D. , ABPP, CGP, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

Senior Associate Editor
Gianluca Lo Coco, Ph.D., Professor at Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

Associate Editor
Noelle Lefforge, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor & PPC Director Professional Psychology, Graduate School of Psychology, University of Denver, Colorado, USA

Junior Associate Editor
Louise Wheeler, Ph.D.,  Clinical Psychologist, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Video Review Editor
Leslie Lothstein, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP Lecturer, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Book Review Editor
Lisa Wolcott, M.SW., LCSW, CGP, CDWF, Owner/Senior Therapist, Wolcott Counseling & Wellness, LLC, Gainesville, FL, USA

Editorial Review Board
Claudia Arlo, LCSW-R, CGP, FAGPA, Coordinator, First Step Program, Mount Sinai West; Adjunct Professor, Fordham University and Private Practice, New York, New York, USA

Nina Brown, Ed.D., LCP, NCC, DFAGPA, Professor, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Bonnie Buchele, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, DFAGPA, Private Practice, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

John Caffaro, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Distinguished Professor, California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, California, USA

Elaine Jean Cooper, MSW, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California School of Medicine at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Susan Gantt, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, DFAGPA, Assistant Professor Emerita in Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Les R. Greene, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, Hamden, Connecticut, USA

Craig Haen, Ph.D., RDT, CGP, FAGPA, Adjunct Faculty, New York University, and Private Practice, New York, New York, USA

Earl Hopper, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA (England), Private Practice, London, United Kingdom

Anthony Joyce, Ph.D., Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Priscilla F. Kauff, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Medical College Cornell University, New York, New York, USA

Molyn Leszcz, M.D., FRCPC, CGP, DFAGPA, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada

Ronnie Levine, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA, Faculty, Center for Group Studies, New York, New York, USA

Steinar Lorentzen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Reginald Nettles, Ph.D., CGP, Private Practice, Columbia, Maryland, USA

Mary Nicholas, Ph.D., LCSW, CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Eva D. Papiasvili, Ph.D., ABPP, Co-Chair for North America, IPA Inter-Regional Encyclopedic Dictionary of Psychoanalysis; Senior Clinical Faculty and Supervisor, Doctoral Program of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Judith Schoenholtz-Read, Ed.D., FAGPA, Faculty, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Joseph J. Shay, Ph.D., CGP, LFAGPA, Private Practice, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Bernhard Strauss, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychosocial Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Jena, Germany

Nina Thomas, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, Adjunct Associate Faculty, New York University, Chair Advanced Specialization in Trauma and Disaster Studies, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York, New York, USA

Thomas Treadwell, Ed.D., TEP, CGP, Psychologist, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Center for Cognitive Therapy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Haim Weinberg, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Director of International Programs, The Professional School of Psychology, Sacramento, California, USA

Martyn Whittingham, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Whittingham Psychological Services, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Abstracting and indexing

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy is indexed in the following services:

  • Bell & Howard Information and Learning
  • Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Index Medicus/MEDLINE
  • PsycINFO
  • Research Alert
  • SCOPUS
  • Social SciSearch
  • Social Sciences Citation Index
  • Sociological Abstracts
  • Thomson Reuters


Open access

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy 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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  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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Society information

Members of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) can receive an individual print subscription to the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy at a special society member rate of US$20/£15/€17. Contact for US: 1(800) 354-1420 or 1(215) 625-8900 (option 4 for both); for UK: 011 44 20 8052 0501 or email

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