Psychological Services

Aims & Scope

Psychological Services ® publishes high-quality data-based articles on the broad range of psychological services delivered in organized care settings.

Organized care settings refers to jails, prisons, courts, Indian Health Service, the military, Department of Veterans Affairs, university clinics, training hospitals, and so forth.

Psychological Services encourages submission of papers that focus on broad issues related to psychotherapy outcomes, evaluations of psychological service programs and systems, and public policy analyses.

Psychological Services will also publish a limited number of significant literature reviews and case studies of psychological services, service delivery systems, or model programs.

Psychological Services is the official publication of the Division of Psychologists in Public Service (Division 18) of the American Psychological Association.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.875

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	63

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5947

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	974

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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 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.

• Videoconferencing psychotherapy: A systematic review.

  Citation: 463

  Authors: Autumn, Zia, Melissa L., Andrea, Bridgett, Danielle, Natalie M., James, Steven R.

• Are we in crisis? National mental health and treatment trends in college counseling centers.

  Citation: 352

  Authors: Henry, Dever M., Soo Jeong, Rebecca A., Louis G., Jeffrey A., Benjamin D.

• Organizational culture and climate and mental health provider attitudes toward evidence-based practice.

  Citation: 331

  Authors: Gregory A., Angelina C.

• A meta-analysis of the relationship between job burnout and secondary traumatic stress among workers with indirect exposure to trauma.

  Citation: 290

  Authors: Roman, Kotaro, Allison, Erin, Aleksandra, Charles C.

• Posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans and military personnel: Epidemiology, screening, and case recognition.

  Citation: 198

  Authors: Margaret A., Darren W., Jennifer J., Terence M., Brian P., Raymond C.

• Efficacy of synchronous telepsychology interventions for people with anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and adjustment disorder: A rapid evidence assessment.

  Citation: 189

  Authors: Tracey, Rachel M., Janine, Sonia, Andrea

• Predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder and other psychological symptoms in trauma-exposed firefighters.

  Citation: 175

  Authors: Eric C., Rose, Erin, Jeffrey, Barbara W., Suzy Bird

• Development and applications of the Veterans Health Administration’s Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) to improve opioid safety and prevent overdose and suicide.

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Elizabeth M., Thomas, Sara, Susana, Eleanor T., Meenah, Ilse, Patricia, Michael, Tigran, Amanuel, Jodie A.

• Pretreatment predictors of dropout from cognitive behavioral therapy for PTSD in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Hector A., Lance P., Timothy O., Shuko

• Designing websites for persons with cognitive deficits: Design and usability of a psychoeducational intervention for persons with severe mental illness.

  Citation: 123

  Authors: Armando J., Jennifer, Gretchen L., Michael B., Christine M., Christina E., Rohan, Carol M.

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