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Aims and scope

The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis ( AJCH) is the official publication of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH). The Journal publishes original scientific articles and clinical case reports on hypnosis, as well as books reviews and abstracts of the current hypnosis literature. The purview of AJCH articles includes multiple and single case studies, empirical research studies, models of treatment, theories of hypnosis, and occasional special articles pertaining to hypnosis. The membership of ASCH and readership of AJCH includes licensed health care professionals and university faculty in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, clinical social work, clinical psychology, dentistry, counseling, and graduate students in these disciplines. AJCH is unique among other hypnosis journals because its primary emphasis on professional applications of hypnosis.

Peer Review Policy: Unless otherwise indicated, all articles in this journal have undergone peer review, including review by the editorial staff and at least two independent reviewers.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106 .

Journal metrics

Usage

62K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
1.3 (2023) 5 year IF
2.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
0.583 (2023) SNIP
0.327 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

1 days avg. from submission to first decision
57% acceptance rate

Understanding and using journal metrics

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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.

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*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus

Editorial board

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Stephen R. Lankton, MSW; DAHB - Phoenix Arizona

EDITORIAL BOARD

ADVISORY EDITORS
Philip L. Accaria, Ph.D.
Ran D. Anbar, M.D.
Norma Barretta, Ph.D.
Charles E. Burbridge, Ph.D., ABPH
Etzel Cardeña, Ph.D.
Sheryll Daniel, Ph.D.
Molly E. DeLaney, Psy.D.
Jeffrey Feldman, Ph.D.
Gabor Filo, D.D.S., DABHD
Catherine G. Fine, Ph.D.
Douglas Flemons, Ph.D.
Brent B. Geary, Ph.D.
George P. Glaser, M.S.W., DAHB
Ashley A. Goodman, D.D.S., ABHD
John Hall, Ph.D.
D. Corydon Hammond, Ph.D., ABPH
Daniel L. Handel, M.D.
Anita Jung, M.S.
Irving Kirsch, Ph.D., ABPH
Richard P. Kluft, M.D., Ph.D.
Daniel P. Kohen, M.D., ABMH
V. Krishna Kumar, Ph.D.
Alexander Levitan, M.D., ABMH
Julie H. Linden, Ph.D.
Camillo Loriedo, M.D.
Carol B. Low, Psy.D.
Steven Jay Lynn, Ph.D., ABPP, ABPH
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.
Leonard S. Milling, Ph.D.
Darlene A. Osowiec, Ph.D.
Olafur S. Palsson, Psy.D.
Eric Spiegel, Ph.D.
Auke Tellegen, Ph.D.
Linda Thomson, M.S.N., APRN
Moshe S. Torem, M.D.
Bernhard Trenkle, Ph.D.
Eric Vermetten, M.D.
Harold J. Wain, Ph.D., APBH
Mark D. Weisberg, Ph.D., ABPP
Steven M. Warner, Ph.D.
Ian Wickramasekera II, Psy.D
Eric Willmarth, Ph.D.
Erik Z. Woody, Ph.D.
Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D.
Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D.

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
David Alter, Ph.D., ABPP, ABPH
Minneapolis, MN

CLINICAL EDITORS
Elgan L. Baker, Ph.D., ABPH, School of Medicine, Indiana University
Jean Holroyd, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Laurence I. Sugarman, M.D., ABMH, Institute for Health, Sciences and Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology

DENTAL EDITOR
J. Henry Clarke, D.M.D., ABHD, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health Sciences University

SCIENCE EDITORS
David B. Reid, PsyD, Saybrook University
David Spiegel, M.D., School of Medicine, Stanford University

SOCIAL WORK EDITOR
George P. Glaser, M.S.W., DAHB,
Austin, TX

LITERATURE REVIEW EDITORS
Eric K. Willmarth, Ph.D.
Saybrook University
Kiva Bostick, MBM, BAAS, RN, Ph.D. student.
Sadie Depta, BA, Ph.D. student.

MEDICAL EDITOR
Donald F. Lynch, M.D., ABMH, Eastern Virginia Medical School

FOUNDING EDITOR
Milton H. Erickson, M.D., 1957–1968

FORMER EDITORS
William E. Edmonston Jr., Ph.D., 1968–1975
Sheldon B. Cohen, M.D., 1975–1982
Melvin A. Gravitz, Ph.D., 1982–1984
Thurman Mott Jr., M.D., 1984–1995, 2001–2002, 2003–2005
Edward J. Frischholz, Ph.D., ABPH, 1995–2001
Claire Frederick, M.D., 2002–2003

Abstracting and indexing

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis is abstracted/indexed in:

British Library * Health Care Information Service
- Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED)
CSA
- PsycINFO
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
De Gruyter Saur
- IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes - und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur
EBSCOhost
- Family & Society Studies Worldwide
Elsevier
- EMBASE
- Scopus
National Library of Medicine
- PubMed
OCLC
- ArticleFirst
- Arts and Humanities Search
- PsycFIRST
ProQuest
Thomson Reuters
- Current Contents
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Web of Science

Open access

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 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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Society information

Members of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) get a preferential rate for a printed volume for $30.

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