Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Psychiatric Services
ISSN 1075-2730 · eISSN 1557-9700 · American Psychiatric Association · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1995
Psychiatric Services: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.09; subscription journal; review 3–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 206 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psychiatric Services is published by American Psychiatric Association and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mental Health Treatment and Access, Mental Health and Psychiatry and Schizophrenia research and treatment, together about 33% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology14.4%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities9.3%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine9.2%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology8.5%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology8.2%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology4.8%
- Healthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsPsychology4.8%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 3.09LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 131LetPub ·
- h-index
- 232OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,046OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 147LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 27,246 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 206 | 19 | 65 |
| 2025 | 206 | 54 | 343 |
| 2024 | 215 | 62 | 983 |
| 2023 | 216 | 77 | 1,381 |
| 2022 | 259 | 60 | 2,599 |
| 2021 | 348 | 125 | 6,009 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- American Psychiatric Association
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 1075-2730
- Electronic ISSN
- 1557-9700
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psychiatric Services
What CAS zone is Psychiatric Services in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Psychiatric Services is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Health Policy & Services / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Psychiatric Services?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.09; CiteScore 6, h-index 232.
How long does peer review take at Psychiatric Services?
Authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Psychiatric Services?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psychiatric Services is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Psychiatric Services open access, and what is the APC?
Psychiatric Services is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .