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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
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 (501), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (31 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (27 days/Mean), Accepted (36.5%/Mean), Production Time (43 days/Mean), Time to Publication (130 days/Mean), and Rejected (29.5%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Minireviews
Case Control Study
Antonio Jovani, Balma Moliner-Castellano, Rita Gimeno Vergara, Ana Benito, María Isabel Marí-Sanmillán, Francisca Castellano-García, Gonzalo Haro 
World J Psychiatry 15(9):108465. Published online Sep 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i9.108465
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Mehmet Kaan Kaya, Sermal Arslan, Suheda Kaya, Gulay Tasci, Burak Tasci, Filiz Ozsoy, Sengul Dogan, Turker Tuncer 
World J Psychiatry 15(9):108359. Published online Sep 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i9.108359
Randomized Controlled Trial
Randomized Clinical Trial
Systematic Reviews
Yassir Mahgoub, Rawan Alhau, Yumna Magzoub, Aya Ali, Eptihal Nour, Mustafa E E Saeed, Sameera G M Mohamed, Ahmed O S Hassan, Omaima Ali 
World J Psychiatry 15(9):108525. Published online Sep 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i9.108525
Meta-Analysis
Letter to the Editor