Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
Annals of General Psychiatry
ISSN 1744-859X · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2002
Annals of General Psychiatry: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.82; fully open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 169 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 78 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of General Psychiatry is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 3 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, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment and Mental Health Treatment and Access, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Annals of General Psychiatry publishes open access research across the full breadth of psychiatry, mental health, behavioural science, and psychological medicine, including translational and clinical neuroscience. The journal welcomes research that advances the understanding, prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of mental disorders and mental wellbeing across the lifespan and in diverse populations and care settings. The journal emphasises a biopsychosocial and evidence-based approach to mental health and illness, and supports rigorous methodology, transparent reporting, and reproducible research. We welcome basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological, population-based, and health services research that contributes to improved understanding, care, outcomes, and policy in mental health. The journal considers a broad range of study types, including clinical trials, observational studies, cohort and registry studies, real-world evidence, epidemiological research, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, evidence synthesis, psychometric and measurement studies, diagnostic and validation studies, implementation and health services research, methodological research, and computational and data-driven approaches. The journal welcomes scientifically rigorous studies that provide clinically, scientifically, or policy-relevant insights, including confirmatory findings, negative results, real-world evidence studies, and research conducted in specific populations, healthcare systems, or geographical settings. Topics include, but are not limited to: Clinical psychiatry across the lifespan, including child and adolescent, perinatal, adult, geriatric, and neurocognitive psychiatry Mood disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trauma- and stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and complex psychiatric comorbidity Severe mental illness, dual diagnosis, multimorbidity, and psychiatric manifestations of physical illness Suicide, self-harm, crisis intervention, psychiatric emergencies, and suicide prevention Epidemiology, prevention, risk factors, early intervention, resilience, and population mental health Psychopharmacology, medication safety, comparative effectiveness research, and real-world treatment outcomes Psychotherapies, behavioural interventions, psychosocial treatments, and recovery-orien
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Editor-in-chief Maurizio PompiliPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 15, Italy 11, United Kingdom 3, Spain 3, Switzerland 3 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine17.1%
- Bipolar Disorder and TreatmentMedicine8.7%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology7.1%
- Treatment of Major DepressionMedicine6.8%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities5%
- Tryptophan and brain disordersNeuroscience4.8%
- Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesPsychology4.5%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbasePsycINFOCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 5.82LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40LetPub ·
- h-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 612OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,400,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,889 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 81 | 81 | 30 |
| 2025 | 78 | 78 | 257 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 540 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 926 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | 892 |
| 2021 | 56 | 56 | 2,003 |
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 Crossref · to
169 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 125 days – 225 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 191 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (177 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,690 / USD 3,090 / GBP 2,290 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,090 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,290 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,890 / EUR 2,490 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,290 / USD 3,090 / EUR 2,690 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted4
- case reportsResearch Case reports Comment ReviewsLength not stated
- commentResearch Case reports Comment ReviewsLength not stated
- researchResearch Case reports Comment ReviewsLength not stated
- reviewsResearch Case reports Comment ReviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Manuscript must be submitted by an author, not a third party. Model summary
Please note that a manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories where appropriate. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Annals of General Psychiatry articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attrib…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1744-859X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of General Psychiatry
What CAS zone is Annals of General Psychiatry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of General Psychiatry is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 Annals of General Psychiatry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.82; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 78.
How long does peer review take at Annals of General Psychiatry?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 169 days (interquartile range 125–225 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Annals of General Psychiatry?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Annals of General Psychiatry based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (15), Italy (11) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Annals of General Psychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of General Psychiatry is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase, PsycINFO and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Annals of General Psychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of General Psychiatry is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,090.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .