American Journal of Psychotherapy

The American Journal of Psychotherapy is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal published quarterly by the American Psychiatric Association. Begun in 1947 by the Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, the American Journal of Psychotherapy provides a forum for advancing the theory, science, and clinical practice of psychotherapy. The Journal publishes articles that expand our understanding of psychotherapies, especially in the domains of efficacy, process, education, and practice. To improve outcomes for patients who may benefit from psychotherapy, the American Journal of Psychotherapy invites manuscript submissions on all topics that will advance evidence-informed psychotherapy practice. The Journal publishes empirical papers on psychotherapy outcomes, process, measurement, and education. Maintaining a strong clinical focus, it welcomes case reports, review articles, and training tools that will guide and shape clinical practice. To engage its readers on the most urgent psychotherapy-related questions of our day, the American Journal of Psychotherapy invites a broad range of perspectives. We welcome submissions addressing important questions from all psychotherapy disciplines, including but not limited to psychodynamic, interpersonal, cognitive- or dialectical-behavioral, existential, emotion-focused, problem-solving, mentalizing, mindfulness-based, and client-centered approaches. The Journal inclusively addresses topics across treatment modalities (individual, group, family, technology-enabled), age groups (children, adolescents, midlife, late life), genders (binary, gender non-conforming), races and ethnicities, and diagnoses. The Journal serves the international community by curating a vibrant, pluralistic dialogue about psychotherapy that ultimately will inform clinical care.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Clinical Psychology	1999	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2000	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2001	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2002	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2003	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2004	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2005	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2006	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2007	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2008	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2009	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2010	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2011	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2012	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2013	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2014	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2015	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2016	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2017	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2018	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2019	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2020	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2021	Q3
Clinical Psychology	2022	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2023	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	1999	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2000	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2001	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2003	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2008	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2009	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2010	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2011	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2012	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2013	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2014	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2015	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2016	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2017	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2018	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2019	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2020	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2021	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2022	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	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	0.273
2000	0.307
2001	0.263
2002	0.172
2003	0.262
2004	0.261
2005	0.409
2006	0.357
2007	0.377
2008	0.197
2009	0.243
2010	0.276
2011	0.297
2012	0.349
2013	0.266
2014	0.333
2015	0.287
2016	0.356
2017	0.344
2018	0.386
2019	0.326
2020	0.284
2021	0.427
2022	0.520
2023	0.583

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	71
2000	77
2001	71
2002	39
2003	36
2004	26
2005	24
2006	24
2007	27
2008	20
2009	23
2010	22
2011	21
2012	19
2013	23
2014	27
2015	26
2016	25
2017	0
2018	26
2019	19
2020	23
2021	30
2022	45
2023	26

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	0.615
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.560
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.656
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.498
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.721
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.924
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.134
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.104
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.845
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.851
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.716
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.851
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.022
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.116
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.929
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.235
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.756
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.074
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.079
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.364
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.157
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.309
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.510
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.752
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.615
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.535
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.608
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.457
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.759
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.027
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.891
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.872
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.770
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.653
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.648
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.743
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.121
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.919
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.127
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.754
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.128
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.333
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.196
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.111
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.309
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.722
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.816
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.603
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.409
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.493
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.412
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.791
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.720
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.661
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.720
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.604
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.549
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.404
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.558
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.750
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.357
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.520
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.094
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.843
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.720
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.808
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.111
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.524
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.717
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.667

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	5
Self Cites	2000	13
Self Cites	2001	20
Self Cites	2002	9
Self Cites	2003	6
Self Cites	2004	6
Self Cites	2005	4
Self Cites	2006	1
Self Cites	2007	3
Self Cites	2008	3
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	5
Self Cites	2011	2
Self Cites	2012	2
Self Cites	2013	6
Self Cites	2014	2
Self Cites	2015	0
Self Cites	2016	5
Self Cites	2017	0
Self Cites	2018	0
Self Cites	2019	3
Self Cites	2020	1
Self Cites	2021	2
Self Cites	2022	3
Self Cites	2023	0
Total Cites	1999	120
Total Cites	2000	108
Total Cites	2001	124
Total Cites	2002	100
Total Cites	2003	142
Total Cites	2004	150
Total Cites	2005	90
Total Cites	2006	75
Total Cites	2007	57
Total Cites	2008	49
Total Cites	2009	46
Total Cites	2010	52
Total Cites	2011	65
Total Cites	2012	74
Total Cites	2013	57
Total Cites	2014	71
Total Cites	2015	52
Total Cites	2016	76
Total Cites	2017	88
Total Cites	2018	68
Total Cites	2019	61
Total Cites	2020	50
Total Cites	2021	89
Total Cites	2022	124
Total Cites	2023	178

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	0.590
External Cites per document	2000	0.470
External Cites per document	2001	0.510
External Cites per document	2002	0.416
External Cites per document	2003	0.727
External Cites per document	2004	0.986
External Cites per document	2005	0.851
External Cites per document	2006	0.860
External Cites per document	2007	0.730
External Cites per document	2008	0.613
External Cites per document	2009	0.648
External Cites per document	2010	0.671
External Cites per document	2011	0.969
External Cites per document	2012	1.091
External Cites per document	2013	0.823
External Cites per document	2014	1.095
External Cites per document	2015	0.754
External Cites per document	2016	0.934
External Cites per document	2017	1.128
External Cites per document	2018	1.333
External Cites per document	2019	1.137
External Cites per document	2020	1.089
External Cites per document	2021	1.279
External Cites per document	2022	1.681
External Cites per document	2023	1.816
Cites per document	1999	0.615
Cites per document	2000	0.535
Cites per document	2001	0.608
Cites per document	2002	0.457
Cites per document	2003	0.759
Cites per document	2004	1.027
Cites per document	2005	0.891
Cites per document	2006	0.872
Cites per document	2007	0.770
Cites per document	2008	0.653
Cites per document	2009	0.648
Cites per document	2010	0.743
Cites per document	2011	1.000
Cites per document	2012	1.121
Cites per document	2013	0.919
Cites per document	2014	1.127
Cites per document	2015	0.754
Cites per document	2016	1.000
Cites per document	2017	1.128
Cites per document	2018	1.333
Cites per document	2019	1.196
Cites per document	2020	1.111
Cites per document	2021	1.309
Cites per document	2022	1.722
Cites per document	2023	1.816

% 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	0.00
2000	1.30
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	5.56
2004	11.54
2005	0.00
2006	8.33
2007	11.11
2008	55.00
2009	4.35
2010	4.55
2011	19.05
2012	5.26
2013	0.00
2014	11.11
2015	19.23
2016	0.00
2017	0
2018	23.08
2019	21.05
2020	8.70
2021	20.00
2022	4.44
2023	15.38

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	4
Non-citable documents	2000	7
Non-citable documents	2001	7
Non-citable documents	2002	10
Non-citable documents	2003	8
Non-citable documents	2004	5
Non-citable documents	2005	2
Non-citable documents	2006	1
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	1
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	1
Non-citable documents	2011	1
Non-citable documents	2012	1
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	1
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	1
Non-citable documents	2020	5
Non-citable documents	2021	9
Non-citable documents	2022	14
Non-citable documents	2023	17
Citable documents	1999	191
Citable documents	2000	195
Citable documents	2001	197
Citable documents	2002	209
Citable documents	2003	179
Citable documents	2004	141
Citable documents	2005	99
Citable documents	2006	85
Citable documents	2007	73
Citable documents	2008	74
Citable documents	2009	71
Citable documents	2010	69
Citable documents	2011	64
Citable documents	2012	65
Citable documents	2013	62
Citable documents	2014	62
Citable documents	2015	68
Citable documents	2016	75
Citable documents	2017	77
Citable documents	2018	50
Citable documents	2019	50
Citable documents	2020	40
Citable documents	2021	59
Citable documents	2022	58
Citable documents	2023	81

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	126
Uncited documents	2000	132
Uncited documents	2001	140
Uncited documents	2002	157
Uncited documents	2003	119
Uncited documents	2004	79
Uncited documents	2005	59
Uncited documents	2006	46
Uncited documents	2007	40
Uncited documents	2008	53
Uncited documents	2009	48
Uncited documents	2010	40
Uncited documents	2011	30
Uncited documents	2012	33
Uncited documents	2013	32
Uncited documents	2014	39
Uncited documents	2015	46
Uncited documents	2016	40
Uncited documents	2017	49
Uncited documents	2018	28
Uncited documents	2019	26
Uncited documents	2020	26
Uncited documents	2021	30
Uncited documents	2022	33
Uncited documents	2023	49
Cited documents	1999	69
Cited documents	2000	70
Cited documents	2001	64
Cited documents	2002	62
Cited documents	2003	68
Cited documents	2004	67
Cited documents	2005	42
Cited documents	2006	40
Cited documents	2007	34
Cited documents	2008	22
Cited documents	2009	23
Cited documents	2010	30
Cited documents	2011	35
Cited documents	2012	33
Cited documents	2013	30
Cited documents	2014	24
Cited documents	2015	23
Cited documents	2016	36
Cited documents	2017	29
Cited documents	2018	23
Cited documents	2019	25
Cited documents	2020	19
Cited documents	2021	38
Cited documents	2022	39
Cited documents	2023	49

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	24.73
2000	35.92
2001	32.03
2002	35.80
2003	31.43
2004	35.56
2005	26.32
2006	37.74
2007	36.96
2008	38.64
2009	35.00
2010	36.59
2011	42.59
2012	38.71
2013	47.06
2014	53.62
2015	53.73
2016	38.18
2017	0.00
2018	46.88
2019	39.66
2020	47.95
2021	56.67
2022	51.27
2023	50.00

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	2
Overton	2000	1
Overton	2001	3
Overton	2002	7
Overton	2003	5
Overton	2004	2
Overton	2005	3
Overton	2006	4
Overton	2007	3
Overton	2008	2
Overton	2009	3
Overton	2010	2
Overton	2011	0
Overton	2012	0
Overton	2013	3
Overton	2014	7
Overton	2015	3
Overton	2016	1
Overton	2017	0
Overton	2018	0
Overton	2019	0
Overton	2020	1
Overton	2021	1
Overton	2022	1
Overton	2023	0