Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
ISSN 1225-729X · eISSN 2233-9183 · Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 68 days to acceptance (47 articles, last 24 months); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is published by Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 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 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, together about 43.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology20%
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderMedicine14.4%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience8.7%
- Developmental and Educational NeuropsychologyPsychology7.1%
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology4.5%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology3.5%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine3.1%
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting YouthSocial Sciences3%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Q2 | 132/351 | 62nd |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q3 | 314/580 | 45th |
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
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,459 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 27 | 329 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 553 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 484 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 442 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 357 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 404 |
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
68 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 54 days – 90 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 40 days (47 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 116 days
- Sample
- 47 articles with submission and acceptance dates (56 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".
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).
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
- Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- ISSN
- 1225-729X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2233-9183
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
What CAS zone is Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry?
Based on the dates recorded on 47 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 68 days (interquartile range 54–90 days). 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 Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .