Journal profile · Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture
ISSN 2345-5802 · Vesnu Publications · Iran, Islamic Republic of
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 279 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture is published by Vesnu Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, together about 29.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focusing on body-mind relationships, psychology, culture, mental health, and well-being.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health
Editor-in-chief Farzad GoliPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Iran 19, Germany 12, Canada 5, United Kingdom 2, Mainland China 1 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychology12.5%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology9.7%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology7.3%
- Cancer survivorship and careMedicine6.5%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine6.3%
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology5.4%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.5%
- Psychological Treatments and AssessmentsPsychology4.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 301/692 | 56th |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 345/466 | 26th |
| Care Planning | Q4 | 9/11 | 22nd |
| Psychology (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 94/118 | 20th |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q4 | 497/580 | 14th |
| Applied Psychology | Q4 | 224/258 | 13th |
| Social Psychology | Q4 | 280/315 | 11th |
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 957 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 268 | 268 | 76 |
| 2025 | 279 | 279 | 68 |
| 2024 | 106 | 106 | 51 |
| 2023 | 78 | 78 | 49 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 32 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 37 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted2
- editorialDid the Oracles of Delphi Shape the Tragedies? On the Economics of Predictive Processing DOI : 10.61838/ijbmc.v13i8.1694 Farzad Goli (1) (1) MD., Danesh-e Tando…Length not stated
- review articleMulticultural Literacy, Multicultural Efficacy, and Multicultural Education in ELT Teacher Preparation: An Integrative Literature Review DOI : 10.61838/ijbmc.v1…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright
- Publication ethics Ethical Considerations
Journal subscribes to COPE principles Model summary
This journal subscribes to the principles of, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 license Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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
- Vesnu Publications
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2345-5802
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Iran (19), Germany (12) and Canada (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture 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, Publisher website, 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: .