Journal profile · Multiple
Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
ISSN 2998-8748 · eISSN 2998-8756
Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 2.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 168 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); 101 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and SSCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Stress Responses and Cortisol, Cardiac Health and Mental Health and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, together about 33.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Suzanne C. SegerstromPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience13.4%
- Cardiac Health and Mental HealthMedicine13.1%
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMedicine7.1%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine7%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities4.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchMedicine4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
SCIESSCILetPub
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)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 295OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,219OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.62OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 65LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,557 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 112 | 15 | 9 |
| 2025 | 101 | 32 | 120 |
| 2024 | 132 | 53 | 430 |
| 2023 | 140 | 64 | 855 |
| 2022 | 157 | 67 | 1,254 |
| 2021 | 192 | 68 | 2,048 |
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
168 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 132 days – 232 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 204 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (175 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 2998-8748
- Electronic ISSN
- 2998-8756
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 88, Issue 7 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
What CAS zone is Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine in?
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 Science and Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 295.
How long does peer review take at Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 168 days (interquartile range 132–232 days). 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.
Which databases index Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine is indexed in SCIE and SSCI.
Is Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .