Journal of Health Psychology

The Journal of Health Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of health psychology. The editors-in-chief are Rachel Annunziato (Fordham University), Abigail Locke (Keele University), and Gareth Treharne (University of Otago). The founding editor-in-chief was David Marks, who served from 1996 to 2021. The journal publishes reports of empirical studies, critical reviews of the literature, contributions related to theory, open peer commentary articles, and editorials on what are deemed to be significant issues. It was established in 1996 and is published by SAGE Publishing.

Special issue on the PACE trial
In July 2017, the journal published an entire issue devoted to the controversial PACE trial for ME/chronic fatigue syndrome. The articles were mostly critical of the PACE trial, and the journal concluded that "the results are, at best, unreliable, and at worst manipulated to produce a positive-looking outcome". However, three editorial board members of the journal, all of whom were alleged to have conflicts of interest, resigned in protest, claiming that the articles were biased and one-sided. In response, an associate editor of the journal, James C. Coyne, attacked the three resigning board members, calling one a "disgusting old fart neoliberal hypocrite", and telling another to "f*** off...you ol' sleazebag". Coyne left the editorial board as a consequence.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • CINAHL

• Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences

• EBSCO databases

• Embase

• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed

• PsycINFO

• Scopus

• Social Sciences Citation Index According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 3.2.