Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Health Psychology

Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

American Psychological Association

H-Index

188

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

02786133, 19307810

Coverage

1984-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

freedlak@wustl.edu

Scope

Health Psychology® publishes original research in health psychology and behavioral medicine, as well as meta-analyses and other systematic reviews, narrative reviews, and methodological papers. Editorials, commentaries, scientific statements, and tutorials are by invitation only. The journal emphasizes research on psychosocial and behavioral aspects of physical health and medical illness; psychosocial and behavioral risk factors for medical illness; and on biobehavioral and psychosocial approaches to the prevention of medical conditions and the improvement of medical outcomes. Join the conversation about this journal
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.

CategoryYearQuartile
Applied Psychology1999Q1
Applied Psychology2000Q1
Applied Psychology2001Q1
Applied Psychology2002Q1
Applied Psychology2003Q1
Applied Psychology2004Q1
Applied Psychology2005Q1
Applied Psychology2006Q1
Applied Psychology2007Q1
Applied Psychology2008Q1
Applied Psychology2009Q1
Applied Psychology2010Q1
Applied Psychology2011Q1
Applied Psychology2012Q1
Applied Psychology2013Q1
Applied Psychology2014Q1
Applied Psychology2015Q1
Applied Psychology2016Q1
Applied Psychology2017Q1
Applied Psychology2018Q1
Applied Psychology2019Q1
Applied Psychology2020Q1
Applied Psychology2021Q1
Applied Psychology2022Q1
Applied Psychology2023Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)1999Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2000Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2001Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2002Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2003Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2004Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2005Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2006Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2007Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2008Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2009Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2010Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2011Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2012Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2013Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2014Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2015Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2016Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2017Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2018Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2019Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2020Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2021Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2022Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2023Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health1999Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2000Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2001Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2002Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2003Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2004Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2005Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2006Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2007Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2008Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2009Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2010Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2011Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2012Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2013Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2014Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2015Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2016Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2017Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2018Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2019Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2020Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2021Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2022Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health2023Q1
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.

YearSJR
19991.786
20001.826
20011.732
20022.210
20031.844
20041.695
20052.035
20062.166
20071.995
20082.060
20091.934
20102.421
20111.937
20122.303
20132.043
20141.968
20151.998
20162.017
20171.775
20181.625
20191.580
20201.548
20211.499
20221.402
20231.150
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
199974
200079
200155
200274
200377
200480
200592
200692
200799
2008133
200996
201096
201199
2012101
2013142
2014188
2015150
2016159
2017126
2018128
2019146
2020100
2021104
2022116
202387
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 documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19993.243
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20004.042
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20013.537
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20024.218
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20034.376
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20044.719
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20054.832
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20065.325
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20075.267
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20085.190
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20094.565
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20105.193
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20115.392
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20125.328
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20135.232
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20144.541
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20154.560
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20164.437
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20174.504
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20184.584
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20194.464
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20204.265
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20215.262
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20225.381
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20234.260
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19993.243
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20003.789
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20013.418
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20024.154
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20034.014
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20043.626
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20054.481
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20064.996
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20074.644
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20084.770
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20094.355
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20105.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20114.951
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20124.622
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20134.527
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20144.336
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20154.283
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20164.294
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20174.155
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20184.207
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20193.889
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20203.628
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20215.388
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20224.749
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20233.947
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19993.046
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20003.227
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20013.183
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20023.619
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20032.682
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20042.974
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20054.045
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20064.244
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20073.750
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20084.215
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20093.802
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20104.502
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20114.083
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20123.646
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20134.265
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20143.745
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20154.045
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20163.932
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20173.650
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20183.789
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20193.102
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20203.292
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20214.772
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20224.373
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20233.123
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.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites199935
Self Cites200044
Self Cites200124
Self Cites200234
Self Cites200331
Self Cites200441
Self Cites200542
Self Cites200648
Self Cites200747
Self Cites200858
Self Cites200955
Self Cites201073
Self Cites201149
Self Cites201239
Self Cites201347
Self Cites201454
Self Cites201558
Self Cites201670
Self Cites201755
Self Cites201838
Self Cites201927
Self Cites202025
Self Cites202147
Self Cites202224
Self Cites202324
Total Cites1999613
Total Cites2000773
Total Cites2001752
Total Cites2002864
Total Cites2003835
Total Cites2004747
Total Cites20051035
Total Cites20061244
Total Cites20071226
Total Cites20081350
Total Cites20091411
Total Cites20101640
Total Cites20111609
Total Cites20121345
Total Cites20131340
Total Cites20141483
Total Cites20151846
Total Cites20162061
Total Cites20172065
Total Cites20181830
Total Cites20191606
Total Cites20201451
Total Cites20212015
Total Cites20221662
Total Cites20231263
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.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19993.058
External Cites per document20003.574
External Cites per document20013.309
External Cites per document20023.990
External Cites per document20033.865
External Cites per document20043.427
External Cites per document20054.299
External Cites per document20064.803
External Cites per document20074.466
External Cites per document20084.565
External Cites per document20094.185
External Cites per document20104.777
External Cites per document20114.800
External Cites per document20124.488
External Cites per document20134.368
External Cites per document20144.178
External Cites per document20154.148
External Cites per document20164.148
External Cites per document20174.044
External Cites per document20184.120
External Cites per document20193.823
External Cites per document20203.565
External Cites per document20215.262
External Cites per document20224.680
External Cites per document20233.872
Cites per document19993.243
Cites per document20003.789
Cites per document20013.418
Cites per document20024.154
Cites per document20034.014
Cites per document20043.626
Cites per document20054.481
Cites per document20064.996
Cites per document20074.644
Cites per document20084.770
Cites per document20094.355
Cites per document20105.000
Cites per document20114.951
Cites per document20124.622
Cites per document20134.527
Cites per document20144.336
Cites per document20154.283
Cites per document20164.294
Cites per document20174.155
Cites per document20184.207
Cites per document20193.889
Cites per document20203.628
Cites per document20215.388
Cites per document20224.749
Cites per document20233.947
% 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.

YearInternational Collaboration
199912.16
200010.13
20013.64
200214.86
200310.39
20042.50
20058.70
200616.30
200722.22
200832.33
200917.71
201019.79
201117.17
201217.82
201321.13
201421.28
201523.33
201620.75
201726.98
201816.41
201910.96
202017.00
202116.35
202213.79
202322.99
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.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19992
Non-citable documents20002
Non-citable documents20012
Non-citable documents20027
Non-citable documents20037
Non-citable documents20048
Non-citable documents20053
Non-citable documents20064
Non-citable documents20074
Non-citable documents20088
Non-citable documents20098
Non-citable documents20109
Non-citable documents201125
Non-citable documents201230
Non-citable documents201329
Non-citable documents20148
Non-citable documents20152
Non-citable documents20161
Non-citable documents20173
Non-citable documents20184
Non-citable documents20195
Non-citable documents20205
Non-citable documents20215
Non-citable documents20226
Non-citable documents20235
Citable documents1999187
Citable documents2000202
Citable documents2001218
Citable documents2002201
Citable documents2003201
Citable documents2004198
Citable documents2005228
Citable documents2006245
Citable documents2007260
Citable documents2008275
Citable documents2009316
Citable documents2010319
Citable documents2011300
Citable documents2012261
Citable documents2013267
Citable documents2014334
Citable documents2015429
Citable documents2016479
Citable documents2017494
Citable documents2018431
Citable documents2019408
Citable documents2020395
Citable documents2021369
Citable documents2022344
Citable documents2023315
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.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199931
Uncited documents200025
Uncited documents200146
Uncited documents200234
Uncited documents200337
Uncited documents200431
Uncited documents200523
Uncited documents200627
Uncited documents200730
Uncited documents200832
Uncited documents200946
Uncited documents201034
Uncited documents201145
Uncited documents201249
Uncited documents201333
Uncited documents201444
Uncited documents201543
Uncited documents201661
Uncited documents201742
Uncited documents201854
Uncited documents201962
Uncited documents202066
Uncited documents202150
Uncited documents202258
Uncited documents202361
Cited documents1999158
Cited documents2000179
Cited documents2001174
Cited documents2002174
Cited documents2003171
Cited documents2004175
Cited documents2005208
Cited documents2006222
Cited documents2007234
Cited documents2008251
Cited documents2009278
Cited documents2010294
Cited documents2011280
Cited documents2012242
Cited documents2013263
Cited documents2014298
Cited documents2015388
Cited documents2016419
Cited documents2017455
Cited documents2018381
Cited documents2019351
Cited documents2020334
Cited documents2021324
Cited documents2022292
Cited documents2023259
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
199949.82
200052.29
200148.95
200244.64
200353.85
200446.64
200553.16
200646.85
200753.83
200848.73
200952.03
201047.55
201154.22
201252.57
201354.22
201455.80
201557.50
201658.77
201755.61
201856.15
201958.98
202056.91
202163.30
202257.92
202359.24
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

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

DocumentsYearValue
Overton199931
Overton200033
Overton200118
Overton200228
Overton200336
Overton200438
Overton200544
Overton200656
Overton200755
Overton200847
Overton200946
Overton201034
Overton201145
Overton201240
Overton201360
Overton201476
Overton201547
Overton201640
Overton201723
Overton201829
Overton201922
Overton20208
Overton20213
Overton20220
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201869
SDG201972
SDG202048
SDG202143
SDG202275
SDG202339
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