Journal profile · Psychiatry
PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
ISSN 0033-2747 · eISSN 1943-281X · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1938
PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.6; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Mental Health and Psychiatry and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Internationally recognized, Psychiatry has responded to rapid research advances in psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience, trauma, and psychopathology. Increasingly, studies in these areas are being placed in the context of human development across the lifespan, and the multiple systems that influence individual functioning. This journal provides broadly applicable and effective strategies for dealing with the major unsolved problems in the field.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology15%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities10.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.6%
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchPsychology5.1%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine4.8%
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology4.7%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.3%
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
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
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,459OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.15%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,909 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 59 | 10 | 102 |
| 2024 | 46 | 8 | 97 |
| 2023 | 31 | 3 | 229 |
| 2022 | 50 | 11 | 326 |
| 2021 | 68 | 14 | 491 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly 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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1938
- ISSN
- 0033-2747
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-281X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
What CAS zone is PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES 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 PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.6; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 130.
How long does peer review take at PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES open access, and what is the APC?
PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES 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; 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: .