Journal profile · Psychiatry
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
ISSN 0004-8674 · eISSN 1440-1614 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1967
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.1; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,400; review about 111 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 145 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY is published by SAGE Publications Ltd 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, Mental Health Treatment and Access and Mental Health and Psychiatry, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (ANZJP) is the leading psychiatry journal of the Asia-Pacific region. ANZJP is a monthly journal publishing original articles which describe research or report opinions of interest to psychiatrists. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Editor-in-chief Steve KiselyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 51, New Zealand 5, United States 3, Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1 (66 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine14.1%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology10.3%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities9%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology6.6%
- Bipolar Disorder and TreatmentMedicine5.2%
- Treatment of Major DepressionMedicine5%
- Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesPsychology4.4%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology4%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 4.1LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 102LetPub ·
- h-index
- 183OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,072OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 66.14%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 94LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,465 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 120 | 71 | 91 |
| 2025 | 145 | 97 | 419 |
| 2024 | 106 | 82 | 679 |
| 2023 | 139 | 96 | 1,205 |
| 2022 | 161 | 50 | 2,116 |
| 2021 | 266 | 79 | 3,497 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
111 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports 6–12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 30.3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 53 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 111 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 43 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,400 / GBP 3,226 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted17
- case studyPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- correspondencePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- editorialPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- editorialsEditorials address contemporary topics of interest and provide thought-provoking discussion. Word count: 2000 Maximum refs: 5 Abstract required: No Authorship: …Length not stated
- letterPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- opinionPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- perspectivePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- researchThese are papers that report original high-quality research. Word count: 4000 Maximum refs: none Abstract required: Yes - structured, 250 words Authorship: Anyo…Length not stated
- research articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- research lettersThese are brief research reports that provide a pithy account of one or two salient research findings, which would not usually be of sufficient import to consti…Length not stated
- research reportPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- review articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- reviewsThese papers provide a synthesis of a topic in psychiatry. They will generally use a systematic review methodology, and will be pre-registered (e.g., via PROSPE…Length not stated
- systematic reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- viewpointPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry publi…Length not stated
- viewpointsThese are brief accounts that provide educated opinions on a single issue or topic. The focus may be similar to that of Editorials and Perspectives, but Viewpoi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Member of COPE. Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Accepts preprint submissions; DOI required at submission. Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines
Your manuscript must follow the relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines, depending on the type of study. The EQUATOR wizard can help identify the appropriate guideline. You will need to upload the appropriate checklist with your submission. Other resources can be found at NLM’s Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives. If your research involves animals, you will be asked to confirm that…
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
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1967
- ISSN
- 0004-8674
- Electronic ISSN
- 1440-1614
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
What CAS zone is AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF 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 AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.1; CiteScore 8.3, h-index 183.
How long does peer review take at AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY?
The publisher reports about 111 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30.3%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY based?
Of the 66 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (51), New Zealand (5) and United States (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY open access, and what is the APC?
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .