In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

Title: Journal of Clinical Psychology
Alternative Title: Journal of Clinical Psychology
ISSN: 2008-501X

EISSN: 2228-5180

Director-in-Charge: Dr. Siavash Talepasand 
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Isaac Rahimian-Boogar 
Date of Foundation: 2009
Publisher: University of Semnan, Semnan, Iran
Publication Period: 4 Issues/year
Journal Languages: Persian
Type of Review: Double Blind and peer-reviewed
Publishing Cost: A fee of 3.500.000 Rial is payable for publication costs.

Field of Study: The most important themes and topics published in this journal are:

-Psychopathology of psychological disorders,
-Syndromes and related psychotherapy and/or rehabilitation interventions,
-Etiology, epidemiology, neuropsychology, 
-Psychophysiology and health psychology.

 

Journal of Clinical Psychology is a research journal issued by Semnan University of Iran in cooperation with the Iranian Psychological Association. This journal has been published since 2009.
The Journal of Clinical Psychology is an open-access, peer-reviewed scientific publication issued quarterly in Persian, with English abstracts. It is published under the auspices of Semnan University in collaboration with the Iranian Psychological Association. The journal has received publishing permission under registration number 894/124 from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and was granted a scientific-research grade by the Scientific Journals Commission of the country in its session dated 27 May 2009.

The Journal of Clinical Psychology publishes basic, applied, and translational research in clinical psychology that has been reviewed and approved by expert referees. Areas of interest include contemporary issues in clinical psychology, subclinical concerns, specific clinical issues, and topics related to clinical psychiatric and behavioral health services. Acceptable article types include field studies, case studies or clinical case analyses, research based on clinical observations, proof-of-concept studies, clinical trials, etiological research, epidemiological studies on psychological disorders, as well as theoretical and methodological clinical research. The journal also welcomes qualitative research and studies related to the evaluation of programs, policies, or trends in clinical psychology.

In addition to research on psychopathology, psychological diagnosis and assessment, and psychotherapy processes, the journal supports studies on the effectiveness of psychotherapy, psychological evaluations, comparative studies of psychological treatments and interventions, clinical outcomes, and interdisciplinary research. These may include topics such as clinical health psychology, behavioral medicine, psychosocial aspects of chronic illness, neuroimmunopsychiatry, clinical neuropsychology, behavioral psychiatry, and psychiatric rehabilitation.

The Journal of Clinical Psychology is recognized as a core journal in the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC). Each issue includes between 9 and 14 articles, which are selected and published following a rigorous peer-review process and editorial board approval. On average, it takes approximately 10 working days from article submission to reviewer assignment, and the peer review and final decision process typically takes between 45 to 90 working days. Articles receive an acceptance letter once approved by two reviewers. However, the editorial board reserves the right to reject submissions at any stage of the review or publication process due to valid scientific, content-related, or ethical concerns.

Research focused on mental health promotion and psychological interventions in non-clinical populations will be considered only if there is a clear link to clinical psychology research or practice. Overall, articles must be innovative, scientifically significant, and contribute meaningfully to advancing the science or practice of clinical psychology.

Plagiarism Policy: The author(s) must avoid plagiarism of any kind and abide by the principle of intellectual property and joint data ownership in the case of the originality of the manuscript and research carried out in collaboration with a supervisor(s) and/or other researchers. The need to validate new observations by showing that experiments are reproducible should not be interpreted as plagiarism, provided that the data to be confirmed are explicitly quoted. Researchers should ensure, if any aspect of their work is delegated, that the person to whom it is delegated has the competence to carry it outpoll will judge any case of plagiarism on its own metrics. If plagiarism is detected, either by the editors, peer reviewers or editorial staff at any stage before publication of a manuscript, before or after acceptance, during editing or at page proof stage, we will alert the author(s), asking her or him to either rewrite the text or quote the text exactly and to cite the original source. If the plagiarism is extensive, the article may be rejected. If extensive plagiarism is detected after publication of a manuscript, the article will be deleted from the archive, this plagiarism will be announced on journal website and the author(s) name(s) will be put in blacklist. Registration and Submission for authors is free of charge. 

Copyright owner / Copyright holder: Authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights. The author has complete control over the work (e.g. retains the right to reuse, distribute, republish, etc.).

 

Open Access Policy

Journal of Clinical Psychology is a fully open-access journal, and all its articles are available online free of charge to all users, immediately upon publication. All content of the Journal is published under the open access license of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0),  allowing free and unrestricted access to users. All authors are given the option to make articles available under the terms of the license (CC-BY 4.0).

 

License terms

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"This license lets others distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most compatible of licenses for maximum publication and use of licensed materials."

 

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