Journal profile · Psychology-Clinical Psychology
Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii
ISSN 1230-2813 · eISSN 2720-5371 · Instytut Psychiatrii I Neurologii
Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 157 days to acceptance (58 articles, last 24 months); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii is published by Instytut Psychiatrii I Neurologii 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 Family Support in Illness, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, together about 19.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Psychiatry and Mental health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The quarterly Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology is aimed at psychiatrists, neurologists as well as scientists working in related areas of basic and clinical research, psychology, social sciences and humanities. The journal publishes original papers, review articles, case reports, and - at the initiative of the Editorial Board – reflections or experiences on currently vivid theoretical and practical questions or controversies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychology-Clinical Psychology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Family Support in IllnessSocial Sciences6.9%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology6.6%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine5.7%
- Multiple Sclerosis Research StudiesMedicine5.1%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine4.8%
- Bipolar Disorder and TreatmentMedicine4.8%
- Diverse Academic Research StudiesSocial Sciences4.8%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities3.9%
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.08Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 70Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 421 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 27 | 1 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 58 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 149 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 121 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 198 |
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 PubMed · to
157 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 90 days – 238 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 130 days (58 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 295 days
- Sample
- 58 articles with submission and acceptance dates (62 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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | PLN 640 / EUR 150 | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| Publisher website | EUR 150 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- EUR 150
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
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 2
Article types accepted10
- book reviews• Book reviews (not more than 3 pages).Length not stated
- case reportCase reportLength not stated
- case reports• Case reports (not more than 8 pages),Length not stated
- editorial papers• Editorial papers (not more than 3 pages),Length not stated
- letters to the editor• Letters to the Editor (not more than 1 page),Length not stated
- original articleOriginal articleLength not stated
- original papers• Original papers (not more than 12 pages),Length not stated
- review articleReview articleLength not stated
- review papers• Review papers (not more than 10 pages),Length not stated
- special articles• Special articles (ordered only),Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship AUTHORSHIP CRITERIA AND/OR WHO SHOULD BE LISTED AS A CONTRIBUTOR
Termedia Publishing House in the matter of authorship criteria and/or who should be listed as a contributor, respects standards recommended by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). Detailed information about those criteria you can find in COPE Report publicationethics.org/files/2003pdf12_0.pdf.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics ETHICAL STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES
Follows ICMJE policies; clinical trial registration required. Model summary
Termedia Publishing House is committed to upholding standards of ethical behaviour at all stages of the publication process. We follow closely the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Model summary
All published papers are accessible in the Open Access system and on terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-review process
Double blind peer review; open access. Model summary
Articles are assessed for their content and whether they present new information about studies, new way of thinking and contribution to their development, change of clinical practice or disease perception. When submitting the paper, all authors approve its publication. The signature of the corresponding author means that this requirement has been met.
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
- Instytut Psychiatrii I Neurologii
- ISSN
- 1230-2813
- Electronic ISSN
- 2720-5371
- Society / sponsor
- Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii
What CAS zone is Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii 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 Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2, h-index 14.
How long does peer review take at Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii?
Based on the dates recorded on 58 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 157 days (interquartile range 90–238 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 Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii open access, and what is the APC?
Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .