About this journal

Aims and scope

The Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy is one of the top journals in the field of human sexuality which is independent of any professional organization. This journal is devoted to the publication of scholarly articles concerning human sexuality. JSMT is an active forum for international and interdisciplinary communication regarding innovative research concerning sexual behavior as well as the development of new approaches to treatment of sexual problems. The editorial board is committed to the study of the biological, psychological and socio-cultural correlates of human sexual behavior.

JSMT publishes empirical research, theoretical reviews (literature and systematic ones, including meta-analyses), brief reports, methodological articles, commentaries and letters to the editor.

Peer Review Policy: All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.

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

Readership:

Sex therapists, marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, allied health and mental health practitioners, counselors, clinical social workers, physicians, nurses, clergy practitioners and pastoral counselors.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 469K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 2.1 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 3.0 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 4.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.096 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.792 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 8 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 56 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 23 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 25% acceptance rate

Editorial board

FOUNDING EDITORS
Clifford J. Sager, MD
Helen Singer Kaplan, MD, PhD

FIRST EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Raul Schiavi, MD

CURRENT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

R. Taylor Segraves, MD, PhD - Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Richard Balon, MD-
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
Julia Velten, PhD - Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany


BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Kathryn Hall-
Princeton, New Jersey, USA

CONSULTING EDITORS

Carmita Abdo, PhD - University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, San Paulo, Brazil
Marcalee Spiski Alexander, MD - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Clayton Alison, MBBS - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Stanley E. Althof, PhD - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Ajit Avasthi, MD - Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Richard Balon, MD - Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Samantha Banbury, PhD - London Metropolitan University, London, UK
Rosemary Basson, MD - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Yitzchak M. Binik, PhD - McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Peer Briken, MD, FECSM - Institute for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine, and Forensic Psychiatry , Hamburg, Germany
Gregory Broderick, MD - Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Lori Brotto, PhD - University of British Columbia,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Anna Carlotta-Zarski, PhD - University of Nurnberg/Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Meredith Chivers, PhD - Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Anita Clayton, MD - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Eric W. Corty, PhD - Penn State Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Kristian Daneback, PhD - Gothenburg University, Sweden

Susan Davis, MD - Monash University, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
David C. de Jong, Phd - Western Carolina University, NC, USA
Leonard R. Derogatis, PhD - Maryland Center for Sexual Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Glen O. Gabbard, MD - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Annamaria Giraldi, MD, PhD - Sexological Clinic, Psychiatric Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Irwin Goldstein, MD - University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Cynthia Graham, PhD - University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Alessandra Graziottin, MD - Hospital San Raffaele Resnati, Milan, Italy
Julia Heiman, PhD - Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Patrick Jern, PhD - Abo Akademi University, Abo, Finland
Peggy J. Kleinplatz, PhD - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Joseph Lau, PhD - Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Stephen B. Levine, MD - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Mário Lourenço, MD, PhD- Alto Ave Hospital Center, Braga, Portugal

Kristen P. Mark, PhD, MPH- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Barry W. McCarthy, PhD - American University, Washington, DC, USA
Chris G. McMahon, MD - Australian Centre for Sexual Health, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
William Maurice, MD - University of British Columbia,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cindy Meston, PhD - University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA
Angel Luis Montejo, MD, PhD - University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Patrícia M. Pascoal, PhD- Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal
Michael A. Perelman, PhD - Cornell Medical School, New York, New York, USA
Nancy Phillips, MD - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Caroline F. Pukall, PhD - Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Alan J. Riley, MD - Lampeter, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD - Cornell University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
Renate Rosenthal, PhD - University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Kathleen Segraves, PhD - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Stuart Seidman, MD - Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Koos Slob, PhD - Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Peggy B. Smith, PhD - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Donald S. Strassberg, PhD - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Mehmet Sungur, MD - Marmara University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Terry Trepper, PhD - Purdue University, Hammond, Indiana, USA
Thomas Wise, MD - Georgetown Medical School, Washington, DC, USA
Terri L. Woodard, MD - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

Zvi Zemishlany, MD - Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Ken Zucker, PhD - University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abstracting and indexing

Abstracted/indexed in:
  • CSA
    - FRANCIS
    - PsycINFO
    - Sociological Abstracts (Online)
  • EBSCOhost
    - Academic Search Alumni Edition
    - Academic Search Complete
    - Academic Search Premier
    - CINAHL Plus
    - CINAHL Plus with Full Text
    - Current Abstracts
    - Family & Society Studies Worldwide
    - Family Studies Abstracts
    - Gender Studies Database
    - Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
    - SocINDEX
    - SocINDEX with Full Text
    - TOC Premier
    - Women's Studies International
  • Elsevier
    - EMBASE
    - Scopus
  • National Library of Medicine
    - PubMed
  • OCLC
    - ArticleFirst
    - Electronic Collections Online
    - MEDLINE
    - PsycFIRST
    - Russian Academy of Science Bibliographies
  • ProQuest
  • Thomson Reuters
    - Arts and Humanities Search
    - Current Contents
    - Social Sciences Citation Index
    - Web of Science

Open access

Journal of Sex & Marital 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?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

  • Special subscription rate of US$52/£32/€42 for members of AASECT, IASR, SSTAR & SSSS. Contact +44 (0)20 7017 5543 or [email protected]

Society information

Members of the following groups can receive an individual print subscription to Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.

  • American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
  • International Academy of Sex Research (IASR)
  • Society for Sex Therapy & Research (SSTAR)
  • Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)
  • Colombian Association of Sexual Health (ACSEX)

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