Journal profile · Psychiatry
Psychopathology
ISSN 0254-4962 · eISSN 1423-033X · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1984
Psychopathology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.38; hybrid open access; median 153 days to acceptance (68 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 54 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psychopathology is published by S. Karger AG 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 Mental Health and Psychiatry, Schizophrenia research and treatment and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology, together about 37.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Psychopathology is a record of research centered on findings, concepts, and diagnostic categories of phenomenological, experimental, and clinical psychopathology. Studies published are designed to improve and deepen the knowledge and understanding of the pathogenesis and nature of psychopathological symptoms and psychological dysfunctions. Furthermore, the validity of concepts applied in the neurosciences of mental functions is evaluated in order to closely bring together mind and brain. Major topics of the journal are trajectories between biological processes and psychological dysfunction that can help us better understand a subject’s inner experiences and interpersonal behavior. Phenomenological and experimental psychopathology, neuropsychology, and neuroscience as well as developmental psychopathology and youth mental health contribute to this field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities16.3%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine11.8%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology9.7%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine8.4%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology5.4%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| 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 | 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
- 3.38LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 101OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,375OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,767 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 54 | 18 | 97 |
| 2024 | 66 | 22 | 254 |
| 2023 | 49 | 22 | 343 |
| 2022 | 116 | 39 | 634 |
| 2021 | 54 | 24 | 595 |
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
153 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 108 days – 248 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (68 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 186 days
- Sample
- 68 articles with submission and acceptance dates (80 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to final decision
- 84 daysPublisher 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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Member of the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium (NPRC), which shares manuscript reviews with other NPRC members at the author's request. Model summary
Psychopathology is Member of NPRC The Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium (NPRC) is an alliance of neuroscience journals that share manuscript reviews with other NPRC members at the author's request.
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
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1984
- ISSN
- 0254-4962
- Electronic ISSN
- 1423-033X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 59, Issue 3 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psychopathology
What CAS zone is Psychopathology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Psychopathology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Psychopathology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.38; CiteScore 4.9, h-index 101.
How long does peer review take at Psychopathology?
Based on the dates recorded on 68 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 153 days (interquartile range 108–248 days); 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 Psychopathology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psychopathology is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Psychopathology open access, and what is the APC?
Psychopathology is a hybrid 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: .