Pastoral Psychology

Pastoral Psychology is an international interdisciplinary forum for the publication of peer-reviewed original papers that discuss the work of caring for, understanding, and exploring human beings as persons, in families, in small groups, and in community. The journal brings the best of psychological, behavioral, social, and human sciences research into critical engagement with pastoral concerns (local, institutional, societal, political, international, and other). The journal thoughtfully examines and discusses pastoral care and counseling, pastoral theology, psychology of religion, and the multidimensional interface between psychology and religion/spirituality. All theoretical perspectives are welcome, including, but not limited to, psychoanalytic and other depth psychologies, experimental and empirical psychologies, humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, and cultural psychology. Insights from existential perspectives, gender studies, phenomenology, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies are welcome. Theoretical contributions that have direct or indirect relevance for practice, broadly construed, are especially desirable, as our audience includes not only academics and scholars in religion and psychology, but also religious and spiritual leaders and others, such as chaplains, social workers, counselors, clinical psychologists, and psychiatrists. Pastoral Psychology welcomes scholarship and reflection from all religious and spiritual traditions. The journal publishes the timely work of recognized experts, but welcomes submissions from scholars and practitioners who are newer to their fields. In addition to research papers, the journal publishes thoughtful essays and book and film reviews.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Applied Psychology	1999	Q4
Applied Psychology	2000	Q4
Applied Psychology	2001	Q4
Applied Psychology	2002	Q4
Applied Psychology	2003	Q4
Applied Psychology	2004	Q4
Applied Psychology	2005	Q4
Applied Psychology	2006	Q4
Applied Psychology	2007	Q4
Applied Psychology	2008	Q4
Applied Psychology	2009	Q4
Applied Psychology	2010	Q3
Applied Psychology	2011	Q4
Applied Psychology	2012	Q3
Applied Psychology	2013	Q4
Applied Psychology	2014	Q4
Applied Psychology	2015	Q4
Applied Psychology	2016	Q3
Applied Psychology	2017	Q4
Applied Psychology	2018	Q3
Applied Psychology	2019	Q4
Applied Psychology	2020	Q3
Applied Psychology	2021	Q3
Applied Psychology	2022	Q3
Applied Psychology	2023	Q3
Religious Studies	1999	Q1
Religious Studies	2000	Q1
Religious Studies	2001	Q1
Religious Studies	2002	Q1
Religious Studies	2003	Q2
Religious Studies	2004	Q1
Religious Studies	2005	Q1
Religious Studies	2006	Q3
Religious Studies	2007	Q1
Religious Studies	2008	Q1
Religious Studies	2009	Q1
Religious Studies	2010	Q1
Religious Studies	2011	Q1
Religious Studies	2012	Q1
Religious Studies	2013	Q1
Religious Studies	2014	Q1
Religious Studies	2015	Q1
Religious Studies	2016	Q1
Religious Studies	2017	Q1
Religious Studies	2018	Q1
Religious Studies	2019	Q1
Religious Studies	2020	Q1
Religious Studies	2021	Q1
Religious Studies	2022	Q1
Religious Studies	2023	Q1
Social Psychology	1999	Q3
Social Psychology	2000	Q4
Social Psychology	2001	Q3
Social Psychology	2002	Q4
Social Psychology	2003	Q4
Social Psychology	2004	Q4
Social Psychology	2005	Q4
Social Psychology	2006	Q4
Social Psychology	2007	Q3
Social Psychology	2008	Q3
Social Psychology	2009	Q3
Social Psychology	2010	Q3
Social Psychology	2011	Q4
Social Psychology	2012	Q3
Social Psychology	2013	Q4
Social Psychology	2014	Q3
Social Psychology	2015	Q3
Social Psychology	2016	Q3
Social Psychology	2017	Q4
Social Psychology	2018	Q3
Social Psychology	2019	Q3
Social Psychology	2020	Q3
Social Psychology	2021	Q3
Social Psychology	2022	Q3
Social Psychology	2023	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	1999	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2000	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2001	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2002	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2003	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2004	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2005	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2006	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2007	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.216
2000	0.175
2001	0.221
2002	0.164
2003	0.121
2004	0.178
2005	0.203
2006	0.105
2007	0.222
2008	0.228
2009	0.223
2010	0.277
2011	0.230
2012	0.265
2013	0.222
2014	0.253
2015	0.238
2016	0.327
2017	0.248
2018	0.310
2019	0.240
2020	0.331
2021	0.344
2022	0.314
2023	0.346

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	31
2000	31
2001	30
2002	34
2003	0
2004	0
2005	44
2006	46
2007	53
2008	40
2009	60
2010	67
2011	77
2012	71
2013	69
2014	59
2015	63
2016	54
2017	58
2018	52
2019	47
2020	36
2021	40
2022	59
2023	70

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.256
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.231
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.202
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.184
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.159
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.221
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.250
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.192
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.267
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.224
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.350
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.422
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.364
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.361
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.396
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.373
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.428
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.492
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.441
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.526
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.432
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.569
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	0.746
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.051
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.049
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.256
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.161
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.179
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.185
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.147
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.250
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.324
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.045
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.267
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.224
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.345
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.425
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.311
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.314
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.330
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.359
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.412
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.497
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.420
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.537
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.396
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.605
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	0.785
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.138
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	0.956
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.306
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.063
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.210
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.131
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.078
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.294
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.045
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.267
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.202
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.366
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.460
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.228
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.299
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.277
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.336
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.367
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.451
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.376
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.571
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.418
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.586
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.723
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.868
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.081

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	13
Self Cites	2000	6
Self Cites	2001	6
Self Cites	2002	7
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	0
Self Cites	2005	3
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	14
Self Cites	2008	10
Self Cites	2009	18
Self Cites	2010	28
Self Cites	2011	10
Self Cites	2012	17
Self Cites	2013	25
Self Cites	2014	13
Self Cites	2015	28
Self Cites	2016	28
Self Cites	2017	13
Self Cites	2018	16
Self Cites	2019	13
Self Cites	2020	6
Self Cites	2021	9
Self Cites	2022	21
Self Cites	2023	17
Total Cites	1999	23
Total Cites	2000	15
Total Cites	2001	17
Total Cites	2002	17
Total Cites	2003	14
Total Cites	2004	16
Total Cites	2005	11
Total Cites	2006	2
Total Cites	2007	24
Total Cites	2008	32
Total Cites	2009	48
Total Cites	2010	65
Total Cites	2011	52
Total Cites	2012	64
Total Cites	2013	71
Total Cites	2014	78
Total Cites	2015	82
Total Cites	2016	95
Total Cites	2017	74
Total Cites	2018	94
Total Cites	2019	65
Total Cites	2020	95
Total Cites	2021	106
Total Cites	2022	140
Total Cites	2023	129

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.111
External Cites per document	2000	0.097
External Cites per document	2001	0.116
External Cites per document	2002	0.109
External Cites per document	2003	0.147
External Cites per document	2004	0.250
External Cites per document	2005	0.235
External Cites per document	2006	0.045
External Cites per document	2007	0.111
External Cites per document	2008	0.154
External Cites per document	2009	0.216
External Cites per document	2010	0.242
External Cites per document	2011	0.251
External Cites per document	2012	0.230
External Cites per document	2013	0.214
External Cites per document	2014	0.300
External Cites per document	2015	0.271
External Cites per document	2016	0.351
External Cites per document	2017	0.347
External Cites per document	2018	0.446
External Cites per document	2019	0.317
External Cites per document	2020	0.567
External Cites per document	2021	0.719
External Cites per document	2022	0.967
External Cites per document	2023	0.830
Cites per document	1999	0.256
Cites per document	2000	0.161
Cites per document	2001	0.179
Cites per document	2002	0.185
Cites per document	2003	0.147
Cites per document	2004	0.250
Cites per document	2005	0.324
Cites per document	2006	0.045
Cites per document	2007	0.267
Cites per document	2008	0.224
Cites per document	2009	0.345
Cites per document	2010	0.425
Cites per document	2011	0.311
Cites per document	2012	0.314
Cites per document	2013	0.330
Cites per document	2014	0.359
Cites per document	2015	0.412
Cites per document	2016	0.497
Cites per document	2017	0.420
Cites per document	2018	0.537
Cites per document	2019	0.396
Cites per document	2020	0.605
Cites per document	2021	0.785
Cites per document	2022	1.138
Cites per document	2023	0.956

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	3.23
2000	6.45
2001	6.67
2002	5.88
2003	0
2004	0
2005	9.09
2006	2.17
2007	1.89
2008	0.00
2009	3.33
2010	1.49
2011	3.90
2012	2.82
2013	4.35
2014	1.69
2015	6.35
2016	1.85
2017	6.90
2018	9.62
2019	6.38
2020	5.56
2021	10.00
2022	22.03
2023	12.86

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	1
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	5
Non-citable documents	2012	6
Non-citable documents	2013	8
Non-citable documents	2014	8
Non-citable documents	2015	10
Non-citable documents	2016	9
Non-citable documents	2017	13
Non-citable documents	2018	13
Non-citable documents	2019	15
Non-citable documents	2020	10
Non-citable documents	2021	7
Non-citable documents	2022	4
Non-citable documents	2023	3
Citable documents	1999	90
Citable documents	2000	93
Citable documents	2001	95
Citable documents	2002	92
Citable documents	2003	95
Citable documents	2004	64
Citable documents	2005	34
Citable documents	2006	43
Citable documents	2007	89
Citable documents	2008	141
Citable documents	2009	137
Citable documents	2010	150
Citable documents	2011	162
Citable documents	2012	198
Citable documents	2013	207
Citable documents	2014	209
Citable documents	2015	189
Citable documents	2016	182
Citable documents	2017	163
Citable documents	2018	162
Citable documents	2019	149
Citable documents	2020	147
Citable documents	2021	128
Citable documents	2022	119
Citable documents	2023	132

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	75
Uncited documents	2000	85
Uncited documents	2001	81
Uncited documents	2002	79
Uncited documents	2003	84
Uncited documents	2004	53
Uncited documents	2005	25
Uncited documents	2006	42
Uncited documents	2007	70
Uncited documents	2008	120
Uncited documents	2009	104
Uncited documents	2010	106
Uncited documents	2011	133
Uncited documents	2012	157
Uncited documents	2013	169
Uncited documents	2014	160
Uncited documents	2015	159
Uncited documents	2016	136
Uncited documents	2017	126
Uncited documents	2018	115
Uncited documents	2019	125
Uncited documents	2020	99
Uncited documents	2021	75
Uncited documents	2022	66
Uncited documents	2023	82
Cited documents	1999	15
Cited documents	2000	8
Cited documents	2001	14
Cited documents	2002	13
Cited documents	2003	11
Cited documents	2004	11
Cited documents	2005	9
Cited documents	2006	2
Cited documents	2007	20
Cited documents	2008	23
Cited documents	2009	35
Cited documents	2010	47
Cited documents	2011	34
Cited documents	2012	47
Cited documents	2013	46
Cited documents	2014	57
Cited documents	2015	40
Cited documents	2016	55
Cited documents	2017	50
Cited documents	2018	60
Cited documents	2019	39
Cited documents	2020	58
Cited documents	2021	60
Cited documents	2022	57
Cited documents	2023	53

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	34.29
2000	23.33
2001	27.50
2002	27.66
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	36.92
2006	36.67
2007	42.03
2008	41.30
2009	34.29
2010	45.71
2011	40.48
2012	35.56
2013	38.20
2014	46.97
2015	46.05
2016	39.62
2017	54.81
2018	43.33
2019	46.15
2020	56.45
2021	41.43
2022	53.44
2023	49.31

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	0
Overton	2000	0
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	0
Overton	2004	0
Overton	2005	1
Overton	2006	1
Overton	2007	1
Overton	2008	0
Overton	2009	1
Overton	2010	0
Overton	2011	1
Overton	2012	0
Overton	2013	1
Overton	2014	0
Overton	2015	3
Overton	2016	1
Overton	2017	2
Overton	2018	0
Overton	2019	1
Overton	2020	1
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	0