Health Psychology Review

Aims & Scope

Health Psychology Review (HPR) is a landmark publication – the first review journal in the important and growing discipline of health psychology.

This new international forum, edited by a highly respected team, provides a leading environment for review, theory, and conceptual development.

HPR contributes to the advancement of the discipline of health psychology and strengthens its relationship to the field of psychology as a whole, as well as to other related academic and professional arenas.

It is essential reading for those engaged in the study, teaching, and practice of health psychology, behavioral medicine, and associated areas.

HPR is dedicated to theoretical and conceptual work, as well as evaluative, integrative, meta-analytic and systematic reviews and interpretations of substantive issues in the general domain of health psychology.

The journal particularly favors theory-based reviews of empirical contributions that afford integrative theoretical formulations of work in a given area of health psychology and reviews of developments that develop connections between areas of research within the general domain of health psychology as well as with other disciplines (ranging from biology to policy-oriented research domains).

Papers that consider the cross-cultural and cross-national relevance and appropriateness of theories and key concepts are also welcomed.

Articles focusing on methodological issues and problems of design and measurement will be considered if they make a direct and substantial contribution to theory.

Brief commentaries addressing progress in specific sub-fields of health psychology, comments that apply to existing theoretical models and approaches, and discussions about previously published articles, can also be considered.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	9.7
2024	6.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	4.838

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	81

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	305

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1266

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• 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.

• Prospective prediction of health-related behaviours with the Theory of Planned Behaviour: a meta-analysis

  Citation: 1551

  Authors: Rosemary Robin Charlotte, Mark, Natalie Jayne, Rebecca Jane

• Theoretical explanations for maintenance of behaviour change: a systematic review of behaviour theories

  Citation: 1020

  Authors: Dominika, Stephan U, Martin, Falko

• Time to retire the theory of planned behaviour

  Citation: 986

  Authors: Falko F., Justin, Vera

• Theories of behaviour and behaviour change across the social and behavioural sciences: a scoping review

  Citation: 984

  Authors: Rachel, Rona, Zoe, Lorna, Susan

• Evaluating the contribution of interpretative phenomenological analysis

  Citation: 951

  Authors: Jonathan A.

• A meta-meta-analysis of the effect of physical activity on depression and anxiety in non-clinical adult populations

  Citation: 840

  Authors: Amanda L., Robert, David, Camille, Mitch J., Corneel

• A taxonomy of behaviour change methods: an Intervention Mapping approach

  Citation: 762

  Authors: Gerjo, Nell H., Gjalt-Jorn Y., Patricia Dolan, Guy S., Robert A.C., María E., Christine, L. Kay

• A review and analysis of the use of ‘habit’ in understanding, predicting and influencing health-related behaviour

  Citation: 732

  Authors: Benjamin

• A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health

  Citation: 631

  Authors: Nikos, Johan Y.Y., Andrew, Eleanor, Jennie E., Cecilie, Edward L., Richard M., Chris, Geoffrey C.

• Promoting habit formation

  Citation: 591

  Authors: Phillippa, Benjamin

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