Journal profile · Multiple
BioPsychoSocial Medicine
ISSN 1751-0759 · BMC · United Kingdom
BioPsychoSocial Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.05; fully open access; APC about USD 2,490; median 138 days to acceptance (51 articles, last 24 months); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BioPsychoSocial Medicine is published by BMC 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 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, Eating Disorders and Behaviors and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, together about 26% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BioPsychoSocial Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of the interrelationships between the biological, psychological, social, and behavioral factors of health and illness. BioPsychoSocial Medicine is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine, and publishes research on psychosomatic disorders and diseases that are characterized by objective organic changes and/or functional changes that could be induced, progressed, aggravated, or exacerbated by psychological, social, and/or behavioral factors and their associated psychosomatic treatments. The journal emphasizes a bio-psycho-social approach to illness and health, covering the behavioral sciences, social sciences, neuroscience, stress physiology and epidemiology, psycho-neuro-endocrinology/ immunology, and psycho-oncology, all of which are associated with mind-body interactions.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Shin FukudoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 33, United States 6, Germany 3, South Korea 1, Netherlands 1 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine10.1%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology9.3%
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchMedicine6.6%
- Gastrointestinal motility and disordersMedicine6.4%
- Cardiac Health and Mental HealthMedicine4.7%
- Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychology4.5%
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMedicine4.5%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology4.3%
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 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEPsycINFOCASCurrent ContentsPublisher 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
- 2.05LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 287OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 595,400Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 510 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 4 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 42 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 107 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 270 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 366 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 728 |
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
138 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 100 days – 176 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (51 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 163 days
- Sample
- 51 articles with submission and acceptance dates (56 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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 2,090 / USD 2,490 / GBP 1,790 | Yes | CC BY, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,390 / EUR 1,990 / GBP 1,690 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,990 / USD 2,390 / GBP 1,690 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 179 / GBP 1,790 / USD 2,490 / EUR 2,090 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted4
- case reportFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Case report Review Research Brief Report CommentLength not stated
- commentFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Case report Review Research Brief Report CommentLength not stated
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
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
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. BioPsychoSocial Medicine articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attributio…
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
- BMC
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1751-0759
- Society / sponsor
- Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BioPsychoSocial Medicine
What CAS zone is BioPsychoSocial Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BioPsychoSocial Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychiatry / Psychology, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BioPsychoSocial Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.05; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 56.
How long does peer review take at BioPsychoSocial Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 51 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 138 days (interquartile range 100–176 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 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.
Where are the editorial board members of BioPsychoSocial Medicine based?
Of the 44 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (33), United States (6) and Germany (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index BioPsychoSocial Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BioPsychoSocial Medicine is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SCIE, PsycINFO, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BioPsychoSocial Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
BioPsychoSocial Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,490.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .