Psychopharmacology

Aims & Scope

Psychopharmacology is an international journal of research and scholarship, the aims of which are to cover the general area of elucidating the neurochemical mechanisms that affect behavior, all terms understood in the broadest sense.

The scope of the Journal extends from clinical psychopharmacology (including trials), to experimental studies on the effects of drugs on cognition and behavior in humans and laboratory studies in experimental animals.

The research methodologies (techniques covered) may range from neurochemical assays and electrophysiological recording to studies of functional neuroimaging, and the methods of experimental psychology and ethology, as well as clinical neurology and psychiatry.

The journal is particularly interested in articles that integrate these levels of analysis.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.3
2024	3.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.157

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	218

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3789

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2852

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• The tail suspension test: A new method for screening antidepressants in mice

  Citation: 2783

  Authors: Lucien, Raymond, Bernard, Pierre

• The debate over dopamine’s role in reward: the case for incentive salience

  Citation: 1732

  Authors: Kent C.

• The use of a plus-maze to measure anxiety in the mouse

  Citation: 1643

  Authors: RichardG.

• Reduction of sucrose preference by chronic unpredictable mild stress, and its restoration by a tricyclic antidepressant

  Citation: 1540

  Authors: P., A., D., S., R.

• Validity, reliability and utility of the chronic mild stress model of depression: a 10-year review and evaluation

  Citation: 1498

  Authors: Paul

• Varieties of impulsivity

  Citation: 1481

  Authors: J. L.

• Human studies of prepulse inhibition of startle: normal subjects, patient groups, and pharmacological studies

  Citation: 1451

  Authors: David L., Mark A., Neal R.

• The reinstatement model of drug relapse: history, methodology and major findings

  Citation: 1281

  Authors: Yavin, Uri, Lin, Harriet, Jane

• Pharmacological studies of prepulse inhibition models of sensorimotor gating deficits in schizophrenia: a decade in review

  Citation: 1251

  Authors: Mark A., Kirsten, David L., Neal R.

• Impulsivity resulting from frontostriatal dysfunction in drug abuse: implications for the control of behavior by reward-related stimuli

  Citation: 1189

  Authors: J. D., J. R.

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