Journal profile · Psychiatry
General Psychiatry
ISSN 2096-5923 · eISSN 2517-729X · BMJ Publishing Group · China · Continuous publication · Founded 1959
General Psychiatry: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 9.9 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; median 192 days to acceptance (36 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 37%; 68 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
General Psychiatry is published by BMJ Publishing Group 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, Mental Health Treatment and Access and Tryptophan and brain disorders, together about 25.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
General Psychiatry publishes open access research across psychiatry, mental health, and clinical neuroscience. The journal features original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and case reports spanning biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology, psychiatric genetics, psychotherapy, neuroimaging, and emerging fields including digital psychiatry, computational psychiatry, and artificial intelligence in mental health. Serving psychiatrists, mental health professionals, and interdisciplinary researchers, General Psychiatry advances translational research, biomarker discovery, and evidence-based psychiatric care through contributions bridging international and Chinese perspectives.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine10.4%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology8.2%
- Tryptophan and brain disordersNeuroscience7.2%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology6.7%
- Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience5.8%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology5.8%
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine5.5%
- Treatment of Major DepressionMedicine4.5%
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 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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)
- 9.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 12.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 12.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.49LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 253OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 602 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 61 | 8 |
| 2025 | 68 | 68 | 316 |
| 2024 | 80 | 80 | 1,240 |
| 2023 | 77 | 77 | 1,141 |
| 2022 | 64 | 64 | 1,872 |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | 1,434 |
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
192 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 143 days – 246 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 58 days (36 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 249 days
- Sample
- 36 articles with submission and acceptance dates (130 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 acceptance (community reports)
- 37%LetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Continuous publication
- Founded
- 1959
- ISSN
- 2096-5923
- Electronic ISSN
- 2517-729X
- Society / sponsor
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about General Psychiatry
What CAS zone is General Psychiatry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, General 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 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of General Psychiatry?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 9.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 12.4, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at General Psychiatry?
Based on the dates recorded on 36 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 192 days (interquartile range 143–246 days); the community-reported acceptance is “37%”. 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 General Psychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, General Psychiatry is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is General Psychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
General Psychiatry is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .