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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 >>

2025 Published Issues
11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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 (686), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (29 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (29 days/Mean), Accepted (41.0%/Mean), Production Time (44 days/Mean), Time to Publication (131 days/Mean), and Rejected (28.6%/Mean).
Editorial
Evidence Review
Review
Xiao-Lin Lang, Chang-Chang Huang, Hong-Yin Cui, Huan-Xin Zhong, Min-Yan Shen, Fen Zhao 
World J Psychiatry 15(11):108713. Published online Nov 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i11.108713
Minireviews
Elie Bou Farah, Karen Beydoun, Lynn Nasr, Zeinab Chokor, Safaa Ghanem, Issam El Fassih, Serena Akiki, Razan Moghnieh, Yehya Tlaiss, Hadi Farhat 
World J Psychiatry 15(11):112206. Published online Nov 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i11.112206
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Pradeep Kumar Dabla, Swati Singh, Aroop Viswas, Swapan Gupta, Manisha Yadav, Subash C Sonkar, Bidhan C Koner, Nafija Serdarevic 
World J Psychiatry 15(11):108964. Published online Nov 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i11.108964
Jing-Man Shi, Yu-Hua Liao, Yan-Zhi Li, Gia Han Le, Roger S McIntyre, Wei-Hong Zhang, Ines Keygnaert, Wan-Xin Wang, Lan Guo, Hui-Min Zhang, Cai-Hong Gao, Yan Chen, Xue Han, Ci-Yong Lu 
World J Psychiatry 15(11):110648. Published online Nov 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i11.110648
Yu-Qing Zhou, Wen-Jing Xu, Yu-Ling Yang, Hui Su, Hui Lu, Hui Yu, Jing Wang, Ling Li, Dan-Hua Liang, Yong-Ping Xu, Jing-Fang Xia, Ying Chen, Rui-Rong Wu 
World J Psychiatry 15(11):110825. Published online Nov 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i11.110825
Prospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Systematic Reviews
Evgeny D Kasyanov, Yana V Yakovleva, Egor S Shchepkin, Galina E Mazo 
World J Psychiatry 15(11):107832. Published online Nov 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i11.107832
Meta-Analysis
Letter to the Editor