We are delighted to announce that the International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape (IJAT) rating is significantly increasing amongst other publications: it is now in the top half of publications within both the Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation categories of the SCImago Journal Ranking (SJR). This is the first time in the history of the journal that we have been ranked in the top half of both categories!
Why does this matter?
This is good news for practitioners, service users and researchers.
- For practitioners, it means that the quality of evidence to support your work and create new posts is getting stronger and less easy to dismiss or ignore.
- Service users will benefit from future improvement to access to services and also from a close integration between practice and good quality research.
- Researchers will benefit from a raised profile within the international research community and this will support future research funding, which also supports practitioners and service users
Journal ranking is widely used in academic circles in the evaluation of an academic journal's impact and quality. Journal rankings are intended to reflect the place of a journal within its field, the relative difficulty of being published in that journal, and the prestige associated with it.
Taylor & Francis have also calculated IJAT’s CiteScore (a new standard that gives a more comprehensive, transparent and current view of a journal’s impact) – we are very pleased that the journal’s score has doubled from 1.2 in 2018 to 2.3 in 2019.
Thank you to all the Authors, Associate Editors, Peer Reviewers and BAAT Members who have contributed to the publication and dissemination of IJAT papers to achieve this amazing outcome!
We look forward to receiving more submissions using the brand new IJAT templates for research papers and practice papers here
Looking forward to continuing to work with you all on further developing the journal,
Alex McDonald & Dr Susan Carr, IJAT Co-Editors-in-Chief
Current IJAT calls for papers
Online Art Therapy here
IJAT Prizes 2020-2022: New Practitioner Art Therapy Practice Paper & Early Career Researcher Art Therapy Research Paper here
How to get involved with IJAT
Keep up to date with the latest art therapy articles published in IJAT by setting up email alerts here
Follow IJAT on Twitter @IJATInscape
Join in with the conversation using the hashtag - we'd love to hear which #IJATInscape papers have influenced your practice or research?
Become an IJAT Peer Reviewer by booking on training here
Submit a paper using the IJAT templates for research papers and practice papers here
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This article is published in BAAT Newsbriefing Summer 2020 and may not be distributed or published without the consent of BAAT
