Journal metric profile

British Journal of Psychotherapy

Impact factor, five-year JIF, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

Impact Factor 0.400 2025 metric year
5-Year JIF 0.300 Longer citation window
JIF Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JIF Rank 265/288 Recorded category rank

British Journal of Psychotherapy impact factor overview

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Updated August 5, 2026

Impact factor overview

British Journal of Psychotherapy is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by WILEY. The recorded Journal Impact Factor is 0.400. Its listed JIF quartile is Q4.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JIF rank is 265 out of 288 journals in its listed category. A Q4 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 260 total citations, 34 total articles, 35 citable items. The five-year JIF is 0.300, which is 0.100 points below the listed two-year JIF. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The JIF without journal self-citations is recorded as 0.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.130.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 15 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

British Journal of Psychotherapy is identified in this record by print ISSN 0265-9883 and electronic ISSN 1752-0118. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameBritish Journal of Psychotherapy
Abbreviated journalBRIT J PSYCHOTHER
PublisherWILEY
Metric year2025
Overall rank17,542
ISSN0265-9883
eISSN1752-0118
Total cites260
Total articles34
Citable items35
Cited half-life10 years
Citing half-life15 years
Impact Factor0.400
5-Year JIF0.300
JIF without self-cites0.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.130
JIF quartileQ4
JIF rank265/288
Record last updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 impact factor of British Journal of Psychotherapy?

The impact factor recorded in this directory for British Journal of Psychotherapy is 0.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is British Journal of Psychotherapy?

British Journal of Psychotherapy is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes British Journal of Psychotherapy?

British Journal of Psychotherapy is listed as being published by WILEY.

Can a journal impact factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. A journal impact factor is a journal-level citation average. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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