Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Aims & Scope

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice is a quarterly international journal with the primary mission of clinical dissemination: to bridge the gap between published clinical research and the actual clinical practice of cognitive and behavioral therapies.

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice publishes clinically rich accounts of innovative assessment and therapeutic procedures that are clearly grounded in evidence-based practice.

The primary focus is on application and implementation of procedures.

Accordingly, topics are selected to address current challenges facing practitioners, both in terms of technique, process, and the content of treatment.

To meet this goal, articles may include rich descriptions of clinical interventions, examples of client-therapist dialog, embedded video clips readers can view on line, and/or significant case descriptions.

In addition to regular articles, the journal includes special series, case conferences, clinical commentaries, clinical reviews, and book reviews.

Special series contain multiple manuscripts that center on a particular diagnostic category, population or therapeutic strategy.

Case series contain a case description with authors responding to various aspects of the treatment approach.

Clinical commentaries are brief articles (solicited and unsolicited) in which experts in the field comment on the most up-to-date clinical topics, controversies, or discoveries within their expertise.

Clinical reviews are regular length review articles that focus specifically on clinical strategy and existing evidence base for that strategy.

This journal is for the practicing mental health clinician, instructors, and researchers with an interest in the clinical dissemination of their findings.

Continuing education examinations are included in each issue.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9
2024	2.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.255

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	76

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3274

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	662

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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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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• Safety Planning Intervention: A Brief Intervention to Mitigate Suicide Risk

  Citation: 982

  Authors: Barbara, Gregory K.

• Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Protocol Development and Initial Outcome Data

  Citation: 376

  Authors: Kristen K., Christopher P., Christina L., Todd J., David H.

• Using Measurement-Based Care to Enhance Any Treatment

  Citation: 357

  Authors: Kelli, Cara C.

• A Common Elements Treatment Approach for Adult Mental Health Problems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

  Citation: 288

  Authors: Laura K., Shannon, Emily, Catherine, Maytham M., Amir, William M., Paul

• The impact of stigma on severe mental illness

  Citation: 282

  Authors: Patrick W.

• Metacognitive beliefs about rumination in recurrent major depression

  Citation: 265

  Authors: Costas, Adrian

• What Is the Core Fear in Social Phobia? A New Model to Facilitate Individualized Case Conceptualization and Treatment

  Citation: 256

  Authors: David A.

• Differentiation Between School Attendance Problems: Why and How?

  Citation: 235

  Authors: David, Malin, Glenn, Carolyn

• Considering CBT with anxious youth? Think exposures

  Citation: 220

  Authors: Philip C., Joanna A., Kristina A., Cynthia, Ellen, Elizabeth

• The Cruelest Cure? Ethical Issues in the Implementation of Exposure-Based Treatments

  Citation: 216

  Authors: Bunmi O., Brett J., Jonathan S.

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