Journal profile · Psychiatry
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
ISSN 0803-9488 · eISSN 1502-4725 · Informa Healthcare · NORWAY · Bimonthly
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.46; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 165 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 85 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry is published by Informa Healthcare 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 Schizophrenia research and treatment, Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research and Psychiatric care and mental health services, together about 30% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry publishes international research on all areas of psychiatry. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry is the official journal for the eight psychiatry associations in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The journal aims to provide a leading international forum for high quality research on all themes of psychiatry including: Child psychiatry Adult psychiatry Psychotherapy Pharmacotherapy Social psychiatry Psychosomatic medicine Nordic Journal of Psychiatry accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, editorials and letters to the editor. The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Editor-in-chief René Ernst NielsenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine12.6%
- Education, Healthcare and Sociology ResearchPsychology9.3%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology8.2%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities7.1%
- Social and Educational SciencesSocial Sciences6.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology6.4%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology4.2%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology4.1%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCPubMedEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Dansk Artikkelindeks, e-psyche, International Review of Psychiatry, PEDro, Psychological Abstracts, Psyc INFO, PsycLIT database, Research Alert, Social Scisearch and Swemed
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
- 1.46LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.68Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.79Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 89OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,421OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 86LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 302,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 302,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,607 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 30 | 6 |
| 2025 | 85 | 44 | 111 |
| 2024 | 79 | 43 | 228 |
| 2023 | 63 | 32 | 345 |
| 2022 | 70 | 33 | 593 |
| 2021 | 130 | 37 | 1,200 |
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
165 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 120 days – 248 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 176 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (154 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 12 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 97 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 97 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Article types accepted6
- brief reportsNordic Journal of Psychiatry accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, editorials and letters to the editor.Length not stated
- editorialEditor-in-Chief René Ernst Nielsen - University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark Associate Editors Jonas Eberhard - University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Soili M Lehto …Length not stated
- editorialsNordic Journal of Psychiatry accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, editorials and letters to the editor.Length not stated
- letters to the editorNordic Journal of Psychiatry accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, editorials and letters to the editor.Length not stated
- original research articlesNordic Journal of Psychiatry accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, editorials and letters to the editor.Length not stated
- review articlesNordic Journal of Psychiatry accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, editorials and letters to the editor.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Gold open access option Model summary
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverabilit…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-anonymized peer review Model summary
The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy.
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
- Informa Healthcare
- Country or region
- NORWAY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0803-9488
- Electronic ISSN
- 1502-4725
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 80, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
What CAS zone is Nordic Journal of Psychiatry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nordic Journal of 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 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Nordic Journal of Psychiatry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.46; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 89.
How long does peer review take at Nordic Journal of Psychiatry?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 165 days (interquartile range 120–248 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21% (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.
Which databases index Nordic Journal of Psychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nordic Journal of Psychiatry is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, PubMed, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Nordic Journal of Psychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .