Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology

Aims & Scope

Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology delivers the highest quality peer-reviewed open access articles, reviews, and scholarly comment on pioneering efforts and innovative studies across all areas of psychopharmacology.

The journal has a strong clinical and pharmacological focus and is aimed at an international audience of clinicians and researchers in psychopharmacology, providing an online forum for rapid dissemination of recent research and perspectives in this area.

The editors welcome original research articles across all areas of psychopharmacology.

The journal is dedicated to publishing clinical research.

We do not publish preclinical research, including basic laboratory research and animal studies.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
• Embase

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
• Apc url
• 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 requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,650.00 USD. Learn more.

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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.

• Medication adherence in schizophrenia: factors influencing adherence and consequences of nonadherence, a systematic literature review

  Citation: 448

  Authors: Kyoko, Goran, Kavi J., Teresa, Ola, Marc

• Cannabis, a complex plant: different compounds and different effects on individuals

  Citation: 441

  Authors: Zerrin

• Epidemiology and risk factors for bipolar disorder

  Citation: 348

  Authors: Tobias A., Steven

• New psychoactive substances: a review and updates

  Citation: 248

  Authors: Abu, Alex J., Harry, David M., Derek K.

• The role of long-acting injectable antipsychotics in schizophrenia: a critical appraisal

  Citation: 237

  Authors: Sofia, Miguel Ruiz, David, Vicent

• Antidepressive, anxiolytic, and antiaddictive effects of ayahuasca, psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD): a systematic review of clinical trials published in the last 25 years

  Citation: 225

  Authors: Rafael G., Flávia L., José Alexandre S., Jordi, Antônio W., Jaime E. C.

• The acute efficacy of antipsychotics in schizophrenia: a review of recent meta-analyses

  Citation: 192

  Authors: Peter M., Christoph U.

• The drugs don’t work? antidepressants and the current and future pharmacological management of depression

  Citation: 166

  Authors: Elizabeth, Derek K.

• Bupropion: a systematic review and meta-analysis of effectiveness as an antidepressant

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Krisna, Sophie, Mariam N., Ilinca, David, Derek K.

• Frontotemporal dementia: latest evidence and clinical implications

  Citation: 145

  Authors: Juan Joseph, Mallika, Deena, Silpa, Rajesh R.