Behaviour Research and Therapy

Aims & Scope

The major focus of Behaviour Research and Therapy is an experimental psychopathology approach to understanding emotional and behavioral disorders and their prevention and treatment, using cognitive, behavioral, and psychophysiological (including neural) methods and models.

This includes laboratory-based experimental studies with healthy, at risk and subclinical individuals that inform clinical application as well as studies with clinically severe samples.

The following types of submissions are encouraged: theoretical reviews of mechanisms that contribute to psychopathology and that offer new treatment targets; tests of novel, mechanistically focused psychological interventions, especially ones that include theory-driven or experimentally-derived predictors, moderators and mediators; and innovations in dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices into clinical practice in psychology and associated fields, especially those that target underlying mechanisms or focus on novel approaches to treatment delivery.

In addition to traditional psychological disorders, the scope of the journal includes behavioural medicine (e.g., chronic pain).

The journal will not consider manuscripts dealing primarily with measurement, psychometric analyses, and personality assessment.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.5
2024	4.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.009

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1416

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2029

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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• Web of Science
• Medline
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The structure of negative emotional states: Comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories

  Citation: 9896

  Authors: P.F., S.H.

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Model, processes and outcomes

  Citation: 4478

  Authors: Steven C., Jason B., Frank W., Akihiko, Jason

• A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder

  Citation: 4239

  Authors: Anke, David M.

• Development and validation of the penn state worry questionnaire

  Citation: 3830

  Authors: T.J., M.L., R.L., Thomas D.

• Psychometric properties of the PTSD checklist (PCL)

  Citation: 2967

  Authors: Edward B., Jacqueline, Todd C., Catherine A.

• Anxiety sensitivity, anxiety frequency and the prediction of fearfulness

  Citation: 2539

  Authors: Steven, Rolf A., David M., Richard J.

• Cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders: a “transdiagnostic” theory and treatment

  Citation: 2529

  Authors: Christopher G, Zafra, Roz

• Development and validation of measures of social phobia scrutiny fear and social interaction anxiety11Editor’s note: This article was written before the development of some contemporary measures of social phobia, such as the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (Turner et al., 1989). We have invited this article for publication because of the growing interest in the scales described therein. S.T.

  Citation: 2449

  Authors: Richard P., J.Christopher

• A cognitive-behavioral model of anxiety in social phobia

  Citation: 2192

  Authors: Ronald M., Richard G.

• A cognitive approach to panic

  Citation: 1823

  Authors: David M.

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