Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
Last updated ISSN 1478-9949
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology is published by Taylor & Francis in psychology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1478-9949, 1478-9957 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,321 |
| Publishing since | 2003 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjfp20/current |
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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