Journal profile · Psychiatry
Comprehensive Psychiatry
ISSN 0010-440X · eISSN 1532-8384 · W.B. Saunders Ltd · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1960
Comprehensive Psychiatry: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.76; fully open access; APC about USD 3,660; median 147 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 100 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Comprehensive Psychiatry is published by W.B. Saunders Ltd 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 Schizophrenia research and treatment, Personality Disorders and Psychopathology and Mental Health and Psychiatry, together about 28% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Comprehensive Psychiatry is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes on all aspects of psychiatry and mental health. The mission of this journal is to disseminate cutting edge knowledge in order to improve patient care and advance the understanding of mental illness. With the support of an expanded international team of editors and peer reviewers, we aim to publish high quality papers with a particular emphasis on the clinical implications of the work including the improved understanding of psychopathology. We encourage our authors to adopt an accessible approach to presenting their findings, to promote the fullest engagement with clinicians and other interested parties. Through our new open access policy, we expect our papers will deliver the widest global impact, opening up fruitful scientific engagement with researchers outside the immediate circle, as well as with mental health clinicians, interested policy-makers and the public.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Editor-in-chief Naomi FinebergPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 9%); most named United Kingdom 17, United States 11, Mainland China 5, Italy 4, Spain 2 (55 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine11.7%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology8.4%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities7.9%
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersPsychology5.6%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology5.4%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine5.4%
- Bipolar Disorder and TreatmentMedicine5.3%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 4.76LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 8.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 179OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,009OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 73LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,810 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 84 | 84 | 33 |
| 2025 | 100 | 100 | 290 |
| 2024 | 105 | 105 | 1,140 |
| 2023 | 82 | 82 | 1,295 |
| 2022 | 65 | 65 | 1,679 |
| 2021 | 71 | 71 | 2,043 |
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
147 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 96 days – 194 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 2 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (197 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 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 55 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 134 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | USD 3,660 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,470 / EUR 3,250 / GBP 2,780 / JPY 430,380 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 4,070 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Group authorship
Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal follows a single anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed Model summary
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication. In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service on SSRN, Elsevier’s preprint and early research …
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
- W.B. Saunders Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1960
- ISSN
- 0010-440X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-8384
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Comprehensive Psychiatry
What CAS zone is Comprehensive Psychiatry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Comprehensive Psychiatry is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Comprehensive Psychiatry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.76; CiteScore 8.7, h-index 179.
How long does peer review take at Comprehensive Psychiatry?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 147 days (interquartile range 96–194 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Comprehensive Psychiatry based?
Of the 55 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 9%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (17), United States (11) and Mainland China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Comprehensive Psychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Comprehensive Psychiatry is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Comprehensive Psychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
Comprehensive Psychiatry is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,660.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .