Biological Psychiatry

Biological Psychiatry is published by Elsevier USA and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Stress Responses and Cortisol and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, together about 23.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

A journal of Psychiatric Neuroscience and TherapeuticsA Publication of the Society of Biological PsychiatryBiological Psychiatry, founded in 1969, is an official journal of the Society of Biological Psychiatry and the first in the Biological Psychiatry family of journals. Companion titles include Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging and Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science. The Society's purpose is to promote excellence in scientific research and education in fields that investigate the nature, causes, mechanisms and treatments of disorders of thought, emotion, and behavior. In accord with this mission, this peer-reviewed, rapid-publication, international journal publishes novel results of original basic, translational, and clinical mechanistic research that advances our understanding of psychiatric disorders and their treatment. Reviews and commentaries that focus on topics of current research and interest are also encouraged.Biological Psychiatry is one of the most selective and highly cited journals in the field of psychiatric neuroscience. The 2024 Impact Factor score for Biological Psychiatry is 9.0. It is ranked 9th in Psychiatry titles and 17th in Neurosciences titles in the Journal Citation Reports published by Clarivate Analytics. By total citations, Biological Psychiatry is ranked 3rd in Psychiatry. It is also the 8th ranked journal in Psychiatry according to Google Scholar (July 2024).Biological Psychiatry's acceptance rate is less than 10%. The average time from submission to first decision is less than 20 days, with an editorial rejection (reject without peer review) decision issued within 5 days. Accepted articles are published online, prior to copy-editing, within one week of final acceptance, with the corrected proof later replacing that version. Articles are generally published in final form 6-8 months after acceptance.More information about the journal and the Society of Biological Psychiatry is available through links on this page. In addition to offering the finest reports in psychiatric neuroscience today, we hope to bring the journal's information to you in the most user-friendly and easily accessible manner. Therefore, your feedback is welcome at biol.psych@sobp.org.No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher or by the Society of Biological Psychiatry for any injury and/or damages to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions, or ideas contained in the material herein. No suggested test or procedure should be carried out unless, in the reader's judgment, its risk is justified. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, we recommend the independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages. Discussions, views, and recommendations as to medical procedures, choice of drugs, and drug dosages are the responsibility of the authors.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry

Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 86, United Kingdom 9, Mainland China 6, Japan 2, Germany 2 (113 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

9.88LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2024

9Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

17.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

17.9Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

3.61LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

2.37LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

290LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

433OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

10,293OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.35OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

1.9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

34.39%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

161LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 1 monthLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly hardLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

10%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

7 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

40 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

142 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

9 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Elsevier USA

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Semimonthly

ISSN

0006-3223

Electronic ISSN

1873-2402

Society / sponsor

Society of Biological Psychiatry and the first in the Biological Psychiatry family of journals

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website