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Welcome to the World Journal of Psychiatry

World Journal of Psychiatry (WJP, World J Psychiatry) is a high-quality, open-access academic journal that employs a single-blind peer-review process. The journal focuses on publishing clinical, basic, and translational research achievements that are innovative, novel, and practical in the fields of psychiatry. The types of articles published in WJP include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJP is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

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 (2573), Duration of Peer Review (22 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (42 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (36 days/Mean), Accepted (54.0%/Mean), Production Time (46 days/Mean), Time to Publication (149 days/Mean), and Rejected (35.9%/Mean).
Editorial
Opinion Review
Review
Minireviews
Felix Matos Padilla, Thejasvi Lingamchetty, James G Waxmonsky, Raman Baweja 
World J Psychiatry 16(3):113468. Published online Mar 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.113468
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Yavuz Atas, Serkan Kırık, Kübra Yıldırım, Burak Tasci, Prabal Datta Barua, Ferhat Balgetir, Sengul Dogan, Turker Tuncer, Ru-San Tan, Elizabeth Palmer, Aruna Devi, U Rajendra Acharya 
World J Psychiatry 16(3):112962. Published online Mar 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.112962
Christoph Holzweber, Beate Hennenberg, Laurenz Stastka, Malte Kob, Henriette Löffler-Stastka 
World J Psychiatry 16(3):113646. Published online Mar 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.113646
Observational Study
Nariman Salem, Ahmad Farhat, Dania Hochaimi, Jad El Hage Ali, Lana Ammar, Leen Hamze, Majd El Irani, Mariam Habib, Mostafa Hijazi, Hussein Kaddoura 
World J Psychiatry 16(3):114371. Published online Mar 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.114371
Xiao Liu, Chuan Liu, Yun-Zhen Pu, Dan Liu, Hong-Sheng Liu, Dan-Feng Xiang, Xiao-Yue Zhang, Xing-Yu Wang, Qian-Xi Yang, Rui Jin, Ren-Qiang Yu 
World J Psychiatry 16(3):114719. Published online Mar 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.114719
Prospective Study
Effrosini Laoudi, Demetra Papalouka, Georgios Kokkotis, Michael Gkizis, Aimilia Mantzou, Georgios Lyrakos, Panagiotis Markopoulos, Paraskevi Prapa, Theodoros Voulgaris, John Vlachogiannakos, Ioannis Papaconstantinou, Giorgos Bamias 
World J Psychiatry 16(3):111523. Published online Mar 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.111523
Randomized Controlled Trial
Systematic Reviews
Marya Ahsan, Saif Ahmed, Riyaz Ahamed Shaik, Mohammed Shakil Ahmad, Khulud Mahmood Nurani, Prashanth A 
World J Psychiatry 16(3):113572. Published online Mar 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.113572
Letter to the Editor