Psychology and Health

Aims & Scope

Psychology & Health promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness.

The contents include work on psychological aspects of physical illness, treatment processes and recovery; psychosocial factors in the aetiology of physical illnesses; health attitudes and behaviour, including prevention; the individual-health care system interface particularly communication and psychologically-based interventions.

The journal publishes original research, and accepts not only papers describing rigorous empirical work, including meta-analyses, but also those outlining new psychological approaches and interventions in health-related fields.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	2.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.045

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	113

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4493

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	932

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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.

• The theory of planned behaviour: Reactions and reflections

  Citation: 3053

  Authors: Icek

• What is an adequate sample size? Operationalising data saturation for theory-based interview studies

  Citation: 2380

  Authors: Jill J., Marie, Clare, Liz, Vikki, Martin P., Jeremy M.

• The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R)

  Citation: 2218

  Authors: Rona, John, Keith, Robert, Linda, Deanna

• Health promotion from the perspective of social cognitive theory

  Citation: 1918

  Authors: Albert

• The beliefs about medicines questionnaire: The development and evaluation of a new method for assessing the cognitive representation of medication

  Citation: 1776

  Authors: Robert, John, Maittew

• Beyond the divide between cognition and discourse: Using interpretative phenomenological analysis in health psychology

  Citation: 1426

  Authors: Jonathan A.

• A refined taxonomy of behaviour change techniques to help people change their physical activity and healthy eating behaviours: The CALO-RE taxonomy

  Citation: 1409

  Authors: Susan, Stefanie, Falko F., Stephan U., Alex, David P.

• Dilemmas in qualitative health research

  Citation: 1301

  Authors: Lucy

• A Meta-Analytic Review of the Common-Sense Model of Illness Representations

  Citation: 1233

  Authors: Martin S., Sheina

• The illness perception questionnaire: A new method for assessing the cognitive representation of illness

  Citation: 1103

  Authors: John, Keith J., Rona, Rob

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