The Lancet Psychiatry

Aims & Scope

We publish original research, reviews, and personal views, as well as timely news and comment about all aspects of psychiatry.

Topics considered by the journal include psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and psychosocial approaches to all psychiatric disorders, across the life course.

The journal covers innovative treatments and the biological research underpinning such developments, novel methods of service delivery, and new ways of thinking about mental illness promoted by social psychiatry.

The journal also advocates strongly for the rights of people with mental illnesses, and welcome the voices of service users.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	24.8

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	7.458

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	160

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	145

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	6006

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Neuroscience, 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.

• Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science

  Citation: 4175

  Authors: Emily A, Rory C, V Hugh, Irene, Simon, Louise, Clive, Helen, Roxane, Ian, Tamsin, Ann, Thomas, Kate, Ira, Susan, Andrew K, Roz, Angela, Carol M, Lucy, Katherine, Claire, Matthew, Ed

• Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

  Citation: 4147

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• Neurobiology of addiction: a neurocircuitry analysis

  Citation: 2771

  Authors: George F, Nora D

• Timely mental health care for the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak is urgently needed

  Citation: 2459

  Authors: Yu-Tao, Yuan, Wen, Ling, Qinge, Teris, Chee H

• Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal probability sample survey of the UK population

  Citation: 2074

  Authors: Matthias, Holly, Tamsin, Stephani, Matthew, Ann, Evangelos, Roger, Simon, Sally, Kathryn M

• Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric presentations associated with severe coronavirus infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis with comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 1922

  Authors: Jonathan P, Edward, Dominic, Thomas A, Philip, Paolo, Michael S, Glyn, Anthony S

• Estimating the true global burden of mental illness

  Citation: 1840

  Authors: Daniel, Graham, Rifat

• Prevalence of mental disorders in China: a cross-sectional epidemiological study

  Citation: 1796

  Authors: Yueqin, Yu, Hong, Zhaorui, Xin, Jie, Yaqin, Changgui, Xiufeng, Jin, Zhizhong, Shulan, Yifeng, Yanling, Tao, Wanjun, Hongjun, Guangming, Xiangdong, Yanjuan, Linhong, Limin, Yongping, Bo, Shuiyuan, Liang, Lingjiang, Liwen, Tingting, Chao, Qiang, Hua, Hongchun, Fujun, Jianfei, Shiliang, Ning, Xinbai, Xiangdong, Yue

• 6-month neurological and psychiatric outcomes in 236 379 survivors of COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study using electronic health records

  Citation: 1626

  Authors: Maxime, John R, Masud, Sierra, Paul J

• Mental health care for medical staff in China during the COVID-19 outbreak

  Citation: 1526

  Authors: Qiongni, Mining, Yamin, Jincai, Dongxue, Ling, Li, Caihua, Yiwen, Xiaojuan, Jianjian, Zhanzhou

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