Clinical Psychology journals by time to acceptance (2025)
63 journals with 2025 figures · median days from submission to acceptance, measured from PubMed dates · data as of Sep 15, 2026
Sorted by median days from submission to acceptance in 2025. Faster is not better — this is a planning aid, not a ranking of quality. Click a column to re-sort.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Sciences | 57 (44–75) | 1,777 | 4 | ≈$2,689 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.21 |
| European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education | 59 (47–74) | 266 | 5 | ≈$1,711 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Asian Journal of Psychiatry | 69 (49–90) | 202 | 2 | ≈$3,820 | — | 1.97 |
| Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports | 86 (62–132) | 206 | 18 | $2,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Youth and Adolescence | 88 (62–116) | 176 | 15 | ≈$3,890 | — | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Eating Disorders | 94 (59–121) | 233 | 13 | ≈$4,300 | — | 0.0 |
| Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy | 103 (68–160) | 180 | — | ≈$3,810 | — | 0.0 |
| Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity | 104 (68–161) | 92 | 21 | $4,690 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry | 104 (81–147) | 60 | 42 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health | 106 (75–166) | 152 | 16 | $3,290 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.63 |
| Psychology Research and Behavior Management | 109 (87–131) | 179 | 13 | $4,320 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.21 |
| Psychiatry Investigation | 116 (77–180) | 170 | 67 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Journal of Traumatic Stress | 116 (86–153) | 97 | 53 | ≈$3,120 | — | 0.0 |
| Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | 119 (82–151) | 71 | 14 | ≈$4,880 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Eating Disorders | 122 (90–173) | 302 | 23 | $2,290 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Psychiatry Research | 130 (97–187) | 444 | 1 | ≈$4,230 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Conflict and Health | 131 (96–245) | 93 | 20 | $3,390 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Comprehensive Psychiatry | 131 (93–199) | 78 | 2 | $3,660 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Yoga | 135 (97–184) | 54 | 134 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Child Psychiatry & Human Development | 136 (106–186) | 53 | 18 | ≈$3,390 | — | 0.0 |
| Eating Behaviors | 137 (101–194) | 95 | 3 | ≈$3,270 | — | 0.0 |
| Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation | 138 (101–176) | 53 | 37 | $2,690 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| International Journal of Mental Health Nursing | 143 (103–187) | 186 | — | ≈$5,050 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology | 143 (106–204) | 117 | 11 | $3,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health | 149 (111–196) | 152 | 14 | $4,010 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics | 149 (105–192) | 54 | 22 | — | Hybrid | — |
| Discover Mental Health | 151 (120–212) | 231 | 20 | $1,790 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Indian Journal of Psychiatry | 151 (74–250) | 150 | 29 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Child Abuse & Neglect | 155 (116–232) | 381 | 11 | ≈$4,050 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| European Eating Disorders Review | 155 (111–211) | 118 | 12 | ≈$4,330 | — | 0.0 |
| South African Journal of Psychiatry | 157 (116–210) | 51 | 66 | ≈$850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| BMC Psychiatry | 158 (100–300) | 1,271 | 21 | $3,390 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.66 |
| Health & Justice | 159 (99–225) | 75 | 33 | $1,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| British Journal of Clinical Psychology | 160 (128–193) | 66 | 20 | ≈$3,760 | — | 0.0 |
| Community Mental Health Journal | 163 (114–222) | 133 | 30 | ≈$4,390 | — | 0.0 |
| Body Image | 169 (127–214) | 139 | 8 | ≈$4,250 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Behavioral Addictions | 173 (137–227) | 104 | 31 | ≈$1,615 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Marital and Family Therapy | 174 (132–244) | 107 | — | ≈$3,010 | — | 0.0 |
| Archives of Psychiatric Nursing | 175 (122–232) | 125 | 3 | ≈$3,600 | — | 0.0 |
| European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | 176 (125–238) | 261 | 17 | ≈$2,990 | — | 0.0 |
| Stress and Health | 178 (143–261) | 140 | — | ≈$4,070 | — | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Law and Psychiatry | 180 (108–286) | 68 | 8 | ≈$3,510 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Anxiety Disorders | 181 (124–245) | 77 | 2 | ≈$4,650 | Hybrid | 2.31 |
| Journal of Psychiatric Research | 182 (123–256) | 653 | 1 | ≈$3,320 | Hybrid | 0.33 |
| Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing | 185 (108–240) | 78 | 18 | ≈$4,850 | — | 2.35 |
| Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | 188 (126–268) | 77 | 18 | ≈$3,990 | — | 0.0 |
| BMC Psychology | 190 (123–321) | 1,552 | 17 | $2,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.15 |
| Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice | 193 (146–296) | 68 | 24 | ≈$4,070 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Clinical Psychology Review | 195 (156–282) | 86 | 2 | ≈$5,270 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Early Intervention in Psychiatry | 199 (147–284) | 118 | — | ≈$4,060 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | 205 (175–261) | 93 | 7 | ≈$3,710 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Adolescence | 210 (132–286) | 172 | 12 | ≈$3,150 | — | 0.0 |
| Behaviour Research and Therapy | 213 (129–317) | 166 | 2 | ≈$3,580 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior | 219 (141–295) | 73 | — | ≈$3,700 | — | 1.96 |
| Journal of Personality | 223 (174–285) | 70 | 14 | ≈$3,780 | — | 0.0 |
| Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 227 (156–334) | 228 | 17 | ≈$4,390 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Fluency Disorders | 231 (152–277) | 61 | 3 | ≈$4,190 | — | — |
| Journal of Research on Adolescence | 236 (174–323) | 135 | — | ≈$3,400 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Migration and Health | 243 (173–428) | 86 | 1 | $3,100 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Infant Mental Health Journal | 260 (194–353) | 70 | 34 | ≈$3,090 | — | 0.0 |
| Family Process | 308 (215–409) | 116 | — | ≈$3,400 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Clinical Psychology | 310 (207–385) | 132 | 13 | ≈$3,710 | — | 0.0 |
| Campbell Systematic Reviews | 379 (219–538) | 57 | 50 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Clinical Psychology (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
8 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Psychiatry Journal | 54 (36–80) | 119 | 140 | $70 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 128 (78–200) | 58 | 21 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| PLOS mental health. | 143 (106–175) | 116 | 44 | $2,596 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Journal of Military Veteran and Family Health | 155 (110–203) | 64 | 232 | — | — | — |
| Behavioral Sciences & the Law | 163 (92–235) | 55 | 15 | ≈$3,400 | — | 0.0 |
| Depression and Anxiety | 177 (130–245) | 114 | 26 | ≈$2,490 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| JCPP Advances | 187 (137–267) | 71 | 59 | $2,980 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Behavior Therapy | 217 (137–297) | 88 | 8 | ≈$3,600 | — | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2023
3 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2023 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Analytical Psychology | 30 (10–75) | 50 | — | ≈$3,300 | — | 0.0 |
| Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology | 130 (81–186) | 55 | 106 | $590 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry | 306 (231–426) | 68 | 5 | ≈$3,140 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2022
5 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2022 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perspectives In Psychiatric Care | 144 (86–229) | 114 | 13 | ≈$2,710 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Current Psychology | 168 (109–220) | 75 | 18 | ≈$3,390 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Psychopathology | 205 (149–306) | 55 | 51 | — | — | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Mental Health Systems | 209 (165–307) | 55 | 18 | $3,790 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Iranian Journal of Psychiatry | 328 (178–479) | 64 | — | $500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2021
3 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2021 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personality and Individual Differences | 114 (84–174) | 138 | 6 | ≈$4,170 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy | 118 (78–174) | 62 | 311 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Current Issues in Personality Psychology | 128 (82–171) | 62 | 60 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
Latest available year: 2020
2 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2020 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children and Youth Services Review | 76 (59–109) | 51 | 7 | ≈$4,000 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry | 166 (129–229) | 54 | 38 | ≈$4,530 | — | 0.0 |
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Among 63 Clinical Psychology journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 57 days (Behavioral Sciences). The middle journal's median was 158 days. Speed is not a measure of quality; check scope, indexing and fees too.
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Data sources. Submission, acceptance and publication dates: Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (PubMed, entries through Sep 15, 2026). NLM does not endorse Journal Clock, and these figures may not reflect the most current PubMed data. Journal fees and open-access listing: DOAJ (CC0, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Fees paid by institutions: OpenAPC (Open Database License, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Retractions: Retraction Watch Database via Crossref (retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Journal identifiers and topics: OpenAlex (CC0). Currency conversion: ECB reference rates (Sep 15, 2026). How these numbers are calculated · For organisations.