Health Psychology
Last updated ISSN 0278-6133
Health Psychology is published by American Psychological Association in psychology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Health Psychology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Health disparities and outcomes
Key facts
| Publisher | American Psychological Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0278-6133, 1930-7810 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 6,317 |
| Publishing since | 1982 |
| Journal website | www.apa.org/pubs/journals/hea/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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