Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
Annals of Indian Psychiatry
ISSN 2588-8358 · eISSN 2588-8366 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Annals of Indian Psychiatry: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 25 days to acceptance (74 articles, last 24 months); 114 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Indian Psychiatry is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications and 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 Mental Health Treatment and Access, Schizophrenia research and treatment and COVID-19 and Mental Health, together about 25.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
To examine the effectiveness of CBTp as an adjunct to treatment-as-usual (TAU) in reducing delusion-related psychopathology among individuals with schizophrenia.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Editor-in-chief Heena MerchantPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology10.2%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine8.6%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology7%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine6.5%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology6.2%
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersPsychology4.5%
- Bipolar Disorder and TreatmentMedicine4.4%
- Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Sciences4.3%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · PSYCHIATRY · rank 281/293
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 76LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 777 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 176 | 176 | 2 |
| 2025 | 114 | 114 | 19 |
| 2024 | 110 | 110 | 83 |
| 2023 | 73 | 73 | 78 |
| 2022 | 90 | 90 | 151 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 120 |
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
25 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 11 days – 81 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 107 days (74 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 138 days
- Sample
- 74 articles with submission and acceptance dates (307 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)
- about 23 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2588-8358
- Electronic ISSN
- 2588-8366
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Indian Psychiatry
What CAS zone is Annals of Indian Psychiatry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of Indian 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 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annals of Indian Psychiatry?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 12.
How long does peer review take at Annals of Indian Psychiatry?
Based on the dates recorded on 74 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 25 days (interquartile range 11–81 days); authors report an average review time of about 23 weeks. 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 JCR quartile is Annals of Indian Psychiatry in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, PSYCHIATRY Q4 (281/293). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Annals of Indian Psychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Indian Psychiatry is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Annals of Indian Psychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Indian Psychiatry is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .