| Name of Journal | World Journal of Psychiatry |
|---|---|
| Title Abbreviation | World J Psychiatry |
| ISSN | 2220-3206 (online) |
| Launch Date | December 31, 2011 |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| DOI | 10.5498 |
| Background |
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, Correspondence, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJP is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. |
| Aims and Scope | The primary aim of World Journal of Psychiatry (WJP) is to provide scholars and readers from various fields of psychiatry with a platform to publish high-quality basic and clinical research articles and communicate their research findings online. WJP mainly publishes articles reporting research results obtained in the field of psychiatry and covering a wide range of topics, including adolescent psychiatry, biological psychiatry, child psychiatry, community psychiatry, ethnopsychology, forensic psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, military psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, orthopsychiatry, psychoanalysis, and psychosomatic medicine. |
| Article Type | Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Correspondence, and Case Report. |
| Open Access | Open access |
| 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. |
| Article Processing Charge | Article processing charge |
| Editors-in-Chief | Paolo Girardi, Marianna Mazza |
| Publisher | Publisher |
| Research Domain | Psychiatry |
| Article Reprints | Article reprints |
| Permissions | Permissions |
| Help Desk | Help desk |
| Special Statement | Special statement |
| About the BPG | Baishideng Publishing Group (BPG), founded in 1993, is headquartered in California, USA. BPG is committed to editing and publishing high-quality, open-access, peer-reviewed clinical medical journals. Our team comprise the Administrative Office, Editorial Office, Production Department, and New Technology Development Department. Collectively, our principle commitment is to discovery and dissemination of knowledge. Our mission is to provide a high-quality platform for authors to publish innovative research results in the field of clinical, basic, and translational medical research following strict peer review mechanisms. We are guided by our vision to help authors expand their academic influence, provide readers with high-quality academic content, and lead field development. Our values remain strong in adherence to our review guidelines, decision guidelines, and publication ethics, in ensuring the fairness, openness, and transparency of the process from the time of author's submission through each step of first review, peer review, and final review, and in editing and publishing of each high-quality peer-reviewed article. |
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