Journal profile · Psychiatry
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
ISSN 1049-8931 · eISSN 1557-0657 · Wiley-Blackwell · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1991
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.36; fully open access; APC about USD 4,480; median 126 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 42 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Mental Health Treatment and Access and Mental Health Research Topics, together about 32.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (MPR) publishes high-standard original research that is technical, methodological, experimental, and clinical in nature, contributing substantively to the theory, methodology, practice, and evaluation of mental and behavioral disorders. The journal particularly encourages submissions presenting detailed methodological and design approaches, including contributions from major national and international multicenter studies. MPR seeks to rapidly publish articles of the highest methodological quality across a wide range of domains relevant to contemporary psychiatric research. These include but are not limited to: Emerging methods, encompassing artificial intelligence applications, network analysis, the development and evaluation of digital and remote research methods, and the implementation of statistical software tailored to mental health research. Assessment and diagnosis, with a focus on innovative classification methods, neuroimaging techniques, neuropsychology, psychometrics, psychopathology, psychophysiology, social and transcultural research, and the validation of psychometric and neuropsychological tools adapted to local languages and contexts. Therapeutics, including research on drug development and efficacy, the design of pharmacological studies, investigations into placebo and nocebo effects, new targets of treatment and the rigorous evaluation of psychotherapy interventions. Analysis, specifically studies employing meta-analysis, multimodal combination methodologies, and the conduct of systematic reviews aiming to synthesize and critically appraise existing evidence. Special topics, covering emerging concerns such as fraud detection in scientific research, best practices for the reporting of results, the impact of climate change on mental health, and innovations in education on applied research methods. MPR provides a platform for the dissemination of research that informs innovative and critical methodological, statistical, and clinical issues, including topics related to psychiatric nosology. Regular papers and brief reports are welcomed; systematic reviews and meta-analyses are encouraged; however, narrative reviews are only accepted on an exceptional basis following editorial invitation. As a quarterly publication committed to methodological excellence, MPR serves as a crucial resource for students, clinicians, and researchers in psychiatry, clinical psychology, epidemiology, neurosc
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Editor-in-chief Kostas N. FountoulakisPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 11, Germany 8, Canada 4, Netherlands 4, Italy 3 (53 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology11.6%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology11%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology10%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine8.7%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology5.2%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine4.3%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPMCPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.36LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 675OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 35Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 306,267Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,223 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 60 | 17 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 90 |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | 416 |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | 434 |
| 2022 | 57 | 57 | 763 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 518 |
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
126 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 85 days – 190 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 140 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (109 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 130 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 4,480 / GBP 3,050 / EUR 3,920 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 4,070 / EUR 3,560 / GBP 3,050 | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted1
- editorialThe acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Manuscripts are single-blind …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Generated Content
Generative Artificial Intelligence tools (GenAI) — such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) — cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for a research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship, nor do they have legal standing or the ab…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
For all articles, the journal mandates the CRediT (Contribution Roles Taxonomy); for more information please see Author Services. This is in order to create a list of authors that will accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
IJMPR requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential so…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Accessibility
The journal expects authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and s…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
IJMPR is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. SUBMISSION AND PEER REVIEW PROCESS
New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to authors.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
The International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (IJMPR) will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. Authors may also post the final published version of the article immediately after publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectivel…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 1049-8931
- Electronic ISSN
- 1557-0657
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- 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 International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
What CAS zone is International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.36; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 114.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 126 days (interquartile range 85–190 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 35% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research based?
Of the 53 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (11), Germany (8) and Canada (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PMC, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,480.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .