Psychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna-JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Psychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna-JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY is published by Medical Communications Sp. z o.o. 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, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology, together about 20.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

“Psychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna” (“Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology”) – Psychiatr Psychol Klin – is a peer-reviewed international medical journal that has been published since 2001. It is available online at www.psychiatria.com.pl – at no fees or any other limitations under Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND). The quarterly publishes original research papers, including meta-analyses, reviews and case reports, thus contributing to the development of psychiatry and clinical psychology, current news and information regarding the work of medical societies, including guidelines and consensus statements, as well as editorial commentaries of given papers, short communications, congress news and proceedings, let­ters to the editors, information about new medical products, abstracts and dis­cussions on articles published elsewhere, and various book and paper reviews. All articles are published in English. It is possible to simultaneously publish the article in Polish. We would like to inform you that from June 12, 2025, a publication fee of PLN 700 / 160 EUR will be introduced by the publisher of “Psychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna” (Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology) for papers submitted to the Editorial team. The journal does not charge any additional fees (such as submission fees, editorial processing fees, or fees for color figures or supplementary materials). Editor-in-Chief: Tomasz Sobów, MD, PhD Official publication of Polish Society of Clinical Psychology (Polskie Towarzystwo Psychologii Klinicznej). Patronage: Section of Psychiatry of Children and Adolescents of the Polish Psychiatric Association (Sekcja Psychiatrii Dzieci i Młodzieży Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychiatrycznego) The Journal is indexed in the following databases: Biblioteka Nauki Cabell's DOAJ EBSCO EMBASE Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science) Google Scholar Index Copernicus Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego POL-index Polish Scientific Journals Database Polskiej Bibliografii Lekarskiej SCImago Journal & Country Rank Scopus WorldCat We publish either quarterlies: „Aktualności Neurologiczne” („Current Neurology”) „Journal of Ultrasonography” „Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna” The publication of “Psychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna” (“Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology”) is co-financed by the Ministry of Education and Science under Contract No. RCN/SN/0704/2021/1, as part of the “Development of Scientific Journals” project. The title of t

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY

Editor-in-chief Tomasz SobówPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Poland 16, Germany 3, United States 2, Spain 2, Belgium 2 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

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Web of ScienceEmbasePublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.19LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.23LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

15OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

24OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.47OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

99.12%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

23LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average review time (community reports)

about 20 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 20 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)

Submission fee

EUR 160

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• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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Publisher

Medical Communications Sp. z o.o.

Country or region

Poland

Language

English, Polish

ISSN

1644-6313

Electronic ISSN

2451-0645

Society / sponsor

Polish Society of Clinical Psychology

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