Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
BJPsych Advances
ISSN 2056-4678 · eISSN 2056-4686 · Royal College of Psychiatrists
BJPsych Advances: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,550; 103 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BJPsych Advances is published by Royal College of Psychiatrists 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 Schizophrenia research and treatment, Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints and Treatment of Major Depression, together about 24% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BJPsych Advances distils current clinical knowledge into a single resource, written and peer-reviewed by expert clinicians to meet the CPD needs of consultant psychiatrists. Each issue includes commissioned articles dealing with physical and biological aspects of treatment, psychological and sociological interventions, management issues and treatments specific to the different psychiatric subspecialties. Articles discuss comprehensive, practical approaches to clinical problems and explain the full range of therapeutic options, with useful features like MCQs, summary boxes, and associated commentaries. BJPsych Advances is essential reading for practising mental health professionals who need to be kept informed of current ideas, techniques and developments in psychiatry.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Editor-in-chief Asit BiswasPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine10.7%
- Healthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsPsychology6.7%
- Treatment of Major DepressionMedicine6.6%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities6.5%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology6.2%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine5.5%
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology5.3%
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology ResearchPsychology5%
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 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q2 | 289/580 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 189OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 38.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 57LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,036 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 32 | 1,068 |
| 2025 | 103 | 51 | 1,358 |
| 2024 | 81 | 74 | 1,216 |
| 2023 | 72 | 71 | 1,005 |
| 2022 | 81 | 38 | 803 |
| 2021 | 90 | 55 | 695 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — |
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
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- ISSN
- 2056-4678
- Electronic ISSN
- 2056-4686
- Society / sponsor
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BJPsych Advances
What CAS zone is BJPsych Advances in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BJPsych Advances is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychiatry. 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 BJPsych Advances?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 37.
Which databases index BJPsych Advances?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BJPsych Advances is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is BJPsych Advances open access, and what is the APC?
BJPsych Advances is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,550.
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: .