Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
ISSN 1735-8639 · eISSN 1735-9287 · Kowsar Publishing Company
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 101 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is published by Kowsar Publishing Company and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Schizophrenia research and treatment, together about 26.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology10.5%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine9.5%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine6.3%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology6.1%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine5.5%
- Psychometric Methodologies and TestingDecision Sciences5.3%
- Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychology4.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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 | 454/580 | 21st |
| Biological Psychiatry | Q4 | 44/54 | 19th |
| Behavioral Neuroscience | Q4 | 80/93 | 14th |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 197OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 79LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,119 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 71 | 573 |
| 2025 | 101 | 101 | 909 |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | 874 |
| 2023 | 86 | 86 | 814 |
| 2022 | 85 | 85 | 817 |
| 2021 | 90 | 90 | 808 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Kowsar Publishing Company
- ISSN
- 1735-8639
- Electronic ISSN
- 1735-9287
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
What CAS zone is Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .