World Psychiatry

Aims & Scope

World Psychiatry is the official journal of the World Psychiatric Association.

It is published in three issues per year and is sent free of charge to psychiatrists whose names and addresses are provided by WPA member societies and sections.

World Psychiatry aims to disseminate information on truly significant clinical, service and research developments in the mental health field using a language that can be assimilated by the vast majority of mental health professionals worldwide.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	65.8

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	18.419

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	153

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4324

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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
• Embase

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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.

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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.

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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.

• Understanding the burnout experience: recent research and its implications for psychiatry

  Citation: 2406

  Authors: Christina, Michael P.

• A network theory of mental disorders

  Citation: 2201

  Authors: Denny

• Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. I. Prevalence, impact of medications and disparities in health care

  Citation: 1856

  Authors: MARC, CHRISTOPH U., JULIO, MARCELO, DAN, ITSUO, JOHAN, SHIV, HANS‐JURGEN, DAVID M., JOHN W., RICHARD, STEFAN

• Risks of all-cause and suicide mortality in mental disorders: a meta-review

  Citation: 1648

  Authors: Edward, Guy M., Seena

• Prevalence, incidence and mortality from cardiovascular disease in patients with pooled and specific severe mental illness: a large‐scale meta‐analysis of 3,211,768 patients and 113,383,368 controls

  Citation: 1362

  Authors: Christoph U., Marco, Nicola, Beatrice, Stella, Paolo, Nita, Michele, Davide, Enrico, Giorgio, Angela, Francesco, Cristiano, Davy, Philip B., Fiona, André F., Brendon

• How important are the common factors in psychotherapy? An update

  Citation: 1150

  Authors: Bruce E.

• The RDoC framework: facilitating transition from ICD/DSM to dimensional approaches that integrate neuroscience and psychopathology

  Citation: 1119

  Authors: Bruce N.

• Risk of metabolic syndrome and its components in people with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

  Citation: 1022

  Authors: Davy, Brendon, Alex J., Marc, Martien, Philip B., Simon, Christoph U.

• Advantages and limitations of Internet-based interventions for common mental disorders

  Citation: 955

  Authors: Gerhard, Nickolai

• Guided Internet-based vs. face-to-face cognitive behavior therapy for psychiatric and somatic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Citation: 942

  Authors: Gerhard, Pim, Per, Heleen, Erik

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