Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Journal of Anxiety Disorders is a bimonthly peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal publishing research on all aspects of anxiety disorders across the lifespan. Gordon J. G. Asmundson serves as the Editor-In-Chief of the journal with associate editors Lauren S. Hallion, Alexendre Heeren, Peter McEvoy, Carmen McLean, Michelle G. Newman, and Jasper A. Smits. The Journal of Anxiety Disorders has a Cite Score of 6.6 and an impact factor of 5.264 ranking it 17th out of 131 journals in clinical psychology.
Scope of the journal
A diverse range of topics are covered as they relate to anxiety disorders and is inclusive of disorders that were previously categorized as anxiety related disorders in addition to the new category of illness anxiety disorder. The journal publishes across a variety of disciplines with the inclusion of research on traditional, behavioural, cognitive, and biological assessment; diagnosis and classification, psychosocial and psychopharmacological treatment, genetics, epidemiology, and prevention. Theoretical and review articles contributing to the advancement of knowledge in the field are also considered.Indexing of publications
The Journal of Anxiety Disorders is indexed in nine international databases to promote international knowledge translation with inclusion in Elsevier BIOBASE, PubMed/ Medline, PsycINFO, BIOSIS Citation Index, BRS Data, Current Contents – Social & Behavioral Sciences, Pascal Francis, Google Scholar, and Scopus.Diversity, equity, and inclusion
In August 2021, the Journal of Anxiety Disorders pledged its commitment to improving the diversity of their editorial board and contributors while also making it a priority to increase attention to culture and diversity in the published research. 50% of the senior editors are women and data from January 2021 indicates approximately 30% of the editorial board were women. The journal has made it a priority for 2021–22 to work towards increasing the representation of women on the editorial board with aim of reaching 50% by June 2022.Members of Editorial Board
- Jonathan S. Abramowitz, USA
- Ron Acierno, USA
- Lynne E. Alden, Canada
- Ananda Amstadter, USA
- Courtney Beard, USA
- J. Gayle Beck, USA
- Eni S. Becker, Netherlands
- Deborah C. Beidel, USA
- Julia D. Buckner, USA
- L. Levin Chapman, USA
- Meredith E. Coles, USA
- Jonathan S. Comer, USA
- Jesse Cougle, USA
- Thompson Davis III, USA
- Gretchen Diefenbach, USA
- Laura J. Dixon, USA
- Jon D. Elhai, USA
- Matthew T. Feldner, USA
- Robert F. Ferdinand, Netherlands
- Thomas A. Fergus, USA
- Brian Fisak, USA
- Christopher A. Flessner, USA
- Luis Joaquin Garcia-Lopez, Spain
- Anouk Grubaugh, USA
- Heather Hadjistavropoulos, Canada
- Brian Hall, China
- Richard Heimberg, USA
- Charmaine Higa-McMillan, USA
- Stefan Hofmann, USA
- Jonathan Huppert, Israel
- Dawn M. Johnson, USA
- Christopher A. Kearney, USA
- Philip C. Kendall, USA
- Steven R. Lawyer, USA
- Carrie Masia-Warner, USA
- Dean McKay, USA
- Richard J. McNally, USA
- Jan Mohlman, USA
- Leslie A. Morland, USA
- Thomas H. Ollendick, USA
- Nnmadi Pole, USA
- Sheila Rauch, USA
- Thomas L. Rodebaugh, USA
- Josef I. Rusek, USA
- Norman B. Schmidt, USA
- Tyler C. Smith, USA
- Eric A. Storch, USA
- Charles T. Taylor, USA
- Steven Taylor, Canada
- Ellen Teng, USA
- Matthew T. Tull, USA
- David Valentiner, USA
- Enrique Varela, USA
- Andres G. Viana, USA
- Li Wang, China
- Carl F. Weems, USA
- Stephen Whiteside, USA
- Janet Woodruff-Borden, USA
- Kevin Wu, USA
- Michael J. Zvolensky, USA