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Welcome to the World Journal of Psychiatry

World Journal of Psychiatry is a rigorously peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to publishing original, high-quality research findings in the field of psychiatry, including clinical, translational, and basic studies, as well as research involving artificial intelligence. The journal focuses on, but is not limited to, the following areas: Adolescent psychiatry, biological psychiatry, child psychiatry, community psychiatry, ethnopsychology, forensic psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, military psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, orthopsychiatry, psychoanalysis, and psychosomatic medicine. Types of articles published by the journal include clinical study, basic study, case report, editorial, review, minireview, systematic review, meta-analysis, guidelines, and correspondence.  The journal sincerely welcomes experts and scholars to submit original research manuscripts. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two independent referees, who will critically assess its novelty, significance, and reproducibility, as well as any flaws in experimental design and data processing, in order to provide authors with meaningful peer review reports. The journal adheres to editorial policies, peer-review processes, editorial processes, and publication ethics guidelines developed by the editorial office in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and the World Association of Medical Editors. By doing so, the journal strives to provide authors with high-quality services, offer readers high-quality academic content, and further advance clinical practice. Submit an Article >>

2026 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Paolo Girardi, MD, Professor, (E-mail: paolo.girardi@uniroma1.it) Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00100, Italy
  • Marianna Mazza, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, (E-mail: marianna.mazza@policlinicogemelli.it) Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome 00168, Italy
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJP is now abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics

The 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2024 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJP as 3.4; JIF without journal self cites: 3.2; 5-year JIF: 4.0; JIF Rank: 79/288 in psychiatry; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

ISSN
2220-3206 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (2600), Duration of Peer Review (22 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (42 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (35 days/Mean), Accepted (54.7%/Mean), Production Time (47 days/Mean), Time to Publication (149 days/Mean), and Rejected (36.1%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Pan Jing, Xi-Cheng Liu, Xiao-Peng Yin, Ye Fu, Qing Tian, Xiao-Bin Zhang 
World J Psychiatry 16(4):115300. Published online Apr 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i4.115300
Minireviews
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Ying Chen, Wen-Jing Xu, Hui Lu, Jing Wang, Ling Li, Hui Su, Dan-Hua Liang, Yu-Qing Zhou, Yong-Ping Xu, Jing-Fang Xia, Hui Yu, Yu-Ling Yang 
World J Psychiatry 16(4):114148. Published online Apr 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i4.114148
Iris Campos Lucas, Norma Arteiro Filgueira, Ana Lucia Domingues, Edmundo Pessoa Lopes, Ianca Karine Prudencio Albuquerque, Breno José Alencar Pires Barbosa 
World J Psychiatry 16(4):115373. Published online Apr 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i4.115373
Prospective Study
Basic Study
Li-Li Gao, An-Wen Huang, Da He, Jia-Zhen Tong, Wei-Feng Hong, Xu-Jie Zhuang, Xin-Ming Wu, Yang-Hui Zhou, Min Lin 
World J Psychiatry 16(4):115960. Published online Apr 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i4.115960
Meta-Analysis
Correspondence
Correction