Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies and Stress Responses and Cortisol, together about 25.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Biological Psychiatry: Global Open ScienceBiological Psychiatry: Global Open Science is an official journal of the Society of Biological Psychiatry and part of the Biological Psychiatry family of journals. Companion titles include Biological Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging . 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 open-access, peer-reviewed, rapid-publication, international journal promotes open dissemination of research by publishing basic, translational, and clinical contributions from scientists across the world in all disciplines, research areas, and research methods relevant to the pathophysiology and treatment of major psychiatric disorders.The journal publishes novel results of original research which represent an important new lead or significant impact on the field, including those addressing genetic and environmental risk factors, neural circuitry, neurochemistry, hormonal function, and computational understanding across the lifespan, as well as important new therapeutic approaches. Reviews, meta-analyses, and commentaries that focus on topics of key research and broad interest are also encouraged, as well as pre-registered reports.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 [email protected].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): Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 33, United Kingdom 12, Germany 7, Canada 3, Japan 2 (75 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ScopusDOAJLetPub

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

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher)

4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.63LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.08LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

32OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

183OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.07OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

2.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

151LetPub · 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 13 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

8 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

41 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

117 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

11 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 39 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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Publisher

Elsevier

Country or region

United States

Language

English

ISSN

2667-1743

Society / sponsor

Society of Biological Psychiatry and part of the Biological Psychiatry family of journals

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• 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