Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
Alpha Psychiatry
ISSN 2757-8038
Alpha Psychiatry: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.86; hybrid open access; median 90 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 130 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Alpha Psychiatry is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Schizophrenia research and treatment, Tryptophan and brain disorders and Mental Health Research Topics, together about 22.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine8.4%
- Tryptophan and brain disordersNeuroscience8.2%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology6%
- Bipolar Disorder and TreatmentMedicine5.5%
- Treatment of Major DepressionMedicine5.1%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology5.1%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology4.6%
- Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesPsychology4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIELetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 59.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 117LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 459 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 93 | 93 | 25 |
| 2025 | 130 | 130 | 321 |
| 2024 | 96 | 94 | 547 |
| 2023 | 54 | 53 | 333 |
| 2022 | 44 | 43 | 350 |
| 2021 | 42 | 38 | 282 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
90 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 68 days – 126 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 108 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 202 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (238 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 2757-8038
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Alpha Psychiatry
What CAS zone is Alpha Psychiatry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Alpha Psychiatry is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Alpha Psychiatry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.86; h-index 20.
How long does peer review take at Alpha Psychiatry?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 90 days (interquartile range 68–126 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Alpha Psychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Alpha Psychiatry is indexed in SCIE.
Is Alpha Psychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
Alpha Psychiatry is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .