Journal profile · Psychiatry
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE
ISSN 0033-3174 · eISSN 1534-7796 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1939
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.79; hybrid open access; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 101 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Stress Responses and Cortisol, Cardiac Health and Mental Health and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, together about 33.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Editor-in-chief Suzanne C. SegerstromPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience13.4%
- Cardiac Health and Mental HealthMedicine13.1%
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMedicine7.1%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine7%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities4.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchMedicine4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | 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 3 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 2.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 171LetPub ·
- h-index
- 295OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,219OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.2%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,557 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 112 | 15 | 9 |
| 2025 | 101 | 32 | 120 |
| 2024 | 132 | 53 | 430 |
| 2023 | 140 | 64 | 855 |
| 2022 | 157 | 67 | 1,254 |
| 2021 | 192 | 68 | 2,048 |
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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1939
- ISSN
- 0033-3174
- Electronic ISSN
- 1534-7796
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 88, Issue 7 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE
What CAS zone is PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychiatry / Psychology / Psychology, Multidisciplinary. 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 PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.79; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 295.
How long does peer review take at PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE open access, and what is the APC?
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 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: .