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Welcome to the World Journal of Psychiatry

World Journal of Psychiatry (WJPWorld J Psychiatry) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJP accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJP are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJP is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of psychiatry, to help advance development of this field. 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. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Paolo Girardi, MD, (Email: 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, Assistant Professor, MD, PhD, (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 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJP as 3.9; JIF without journal self cites: 3.8; 5-year JIF: 3.7; JIF Rank: 58/279 in psychiatry; JIF Quartile: Q1; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

ISSN
2220-3206 (online)
Editorial
Minireviews
Hao Peng, Na Yao, Yan-Ping Song, Li Huang, Hong-Bo Chen, Yang Jiang, Qi-Gang Chen 
World J Psychiatry 15(4):101800. Published online Apr 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i4.101800
Case Control Study
Yu-Jun Gao, Li-Li Meng, Zhao-Yuan Lu, Xiang-You Li, Ru-Qin Luo, Hang Lin, Zhi-Ming Pan, Bao-Hua Xu, Qian-Kun Huang, Zhi-Gang Xiao, Ting-Ting Li, E Yin, Nian Wei, Chen Liu, Hong Lin 
World J Psychiatry 15(4):100289. Published online Apr 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i4.100289
Retrospective Study
Clinical Trials Study
Carmen Borrás-Sansaloni, Marina Ricco-Pérez, Antoni Mayol, Capilla Navarro-Guzmán, José Manuel García-Montes, Emilio Lopez-Navarro 
World J Psychiatry 15(4):103362. Published online Apr 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i4.103362
Observational Study
Zi-Ping He, Jun-Zhe Cheng, Yan Yu, Yu-Bo Wang, Chen-Kun Wu, Zhi-Xuan Ren, Yi-Lin Peng, Jin-Tao Xiong, Xue-Mei Qin, Zhuo Peng, Wei-Guo Mao, Ming-Fang Chen, Li Zhang, Yu-Meng Ju, Jin Liu, Bang-Shan Liu, Mi Wang, Yan Zhang 
World J Psychiatry 15(4):100650. Published online Apr 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i4.100650
Shang-Yu Lv, Zhuo-Cong Bao, Zhao-Dong Liu, Ye Zhang, Yu-Le Gu, Bing-Kui Li, Yun-Shu Deng, Yu-Ji Zhang, Yan Zhang 
World J Psychiatry 15(4):102624. Published online Apr 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i4.102624
Prospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Xu-Tong Tian, Yao Meng, Ru-Lan Wang, Rong Tan, Mei-Shan Liu, Wen Xu, Shuai Cui, Yun-Xiang Tang, Meng-Yang He, Wen-Peng Cai 
World J Psychiatry 15(4):104042. Published online Apr 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i4.104042
Meta-Analysis
Scientometrics
Letter to the Editor