Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Aims & Scope

The Indian Journal of Psychiatry (ISSN 0019-5545), is an official publication of the Indian Psychiatric Society.

It is published Bimonthly with one additional supplement (total 5 issues).

The IJP publishes original work in all the fields of psychiatry.

All papers are peer-reviewed before publication.

The issues are published Bimonthly.

An additional supplement is also published annually.

Articles can be submitted online from www.journalonweb.com .

The journal provides immediate free access to all the published articles.

The journal does not charge the authors for submission, processing or publication of the articles.

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Abstracting & Indexing

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
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• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 5: A quick glance

  Citation: 393

  Authors: VihangN

• Indian family systems, collectivistic society and psychotherapy

  Citation: 393

  Authors: RakeshK, KoushikSinha

• National mental health survey of India 2015–2016

  Citation: 366

  Authors: RSrinivasa

• Psychological impact of COVID-19 lockdown: An online survey from India

  Citation: 292

  Authors: Sandeep, Swapnajeet, Aseem, Ajit, Adarsh, Alka, Amrit, GPrasad, Gautam, KK, Kaustav, NarenP, Mrugesh, OmPrakash, PK, RakeshK, Ravi, Shiv, Siddharth, TS, Vinay, YC

• Understanding nutrition, depression and mental illnesses

  Citation: 288

  Authors: TS, MR, BN, KS

• The limbic system

  Citation: 261

  Authors: V, E

• Changes in sleep pattern and sleep quality during COVID-19 lockdown

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Vijay, Ravi, Sandeep, Aniruddha, Adarsh, Alka, Anil, Arshad, Aseem, Atul, Gautam, KshirodKumar, Manish, Mukesh, Narayana, Naresh, Navendu, Niraj, PronobKumar, Pankaj, PuravKumar, Ritu, SaiKrishna, SamirKumar, SandeepKumar, Shweta, Siddharth, Sourav, Sujit, SusantaKumar, Swapnajeet, TS, Vaibhav, Vikas, Vishal, Vivekanand, Ajit

• Postmenopausal syndrome

  Citation: 236

  Authors: PronobK, Manu

• Suicide in women

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Lakshmi

• Suicide: An Indian perspective

  Citation: 176

  Authors: Rajiv, Chittaranjan