Journal profile · Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health
Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
ISSN 0971-9962 · eISSN 2454-8316 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 118 days to acceptance (74 articles, last 24 months); 63 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mental Health Treatment and Access, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Psychiatric care and mental health services, together about 34.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health
Editor-in-chief Vivek AgarwalPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Türkiye 2, United States 1, Japan 1, Canada 1, Poland 1 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology18.9%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology8.1%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology7.5%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine7.2%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine4.8%
- Family Caregiving in Mental IllnessPsychology4.6%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities4.5%
- Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesPsychology4%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 | Q4 | 512/580 | — |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.63OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 862 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 50 | 385 |
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | 508 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 491 |
| 2023 | 109 | 109 | 547 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 519 |
| 2021 | 112 | 112 | 480 |
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
118 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 59 days – 263 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 218 days (74 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 419 days
- Sample
- 74 articles with submission and acceptance dates (112 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 27 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| 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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0971-9962
- Electronic ISSN
- 2454-8316
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 72, Issue 6 (September 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
How long does peer review take at Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry?
Based on the dates recorded on 74 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 118 days (interquartile range 59–263 days); authors report an average review time of about 27 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 Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Türkiye (2), United States (1) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .