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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Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
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| 2025 | 65.8 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 18.419 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | Q1 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 153 |
Journal Rank
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 19 |
Journal Citation Indicator
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 4324 |
Impact Factor Trend
Abstracting & Indexing
Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.
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.
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.
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Understanding the burnout experience: recent research and its implications for psychiatry
Citation: 2406
Authors: Christina, Michael P.
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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, HANSâ€JURGEN, DAVID M., JOHN W., RICHARD, STEFAN
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Risks of all-cause and suicide mortality in mental disorders: a meta-review
Citation: 1648
Authors: Edward, Guy M., Seena
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Prevalence, incidence and mortality from cardiovascular disease in patients with pooled and specific severe mental illness: a largeâ€scale metaâ€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
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The RDoC framework: facilitating transition from ICD/DSM to dimensional approaches that integrate neuroscience and psychopathology
Citation: 1119
Authors: Bruce N.
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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 metaâ€analysis
Citation: 1022
Authors: Davy, Brendon, Alex J., Marc, Martien, Philip B., Simon, Christoph U.
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Advantages and limitations of Internet-based interventions for common mental disorders
Citation: 955
Authors: Gerhard, Nickolai
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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