Journal profile · Psychiatry
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
ISSN 0033-3190 · eISSN 1423-0348 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1965
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 8.93; hybrid open access; median 135 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 67 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics is published by S. Karger AG and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications and Treatment of Major Depression, together about 28.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics is an international journal dedicated to advancing high-impact research at the interface of psychological processes, somatic conditions, and their clinical treatment. The journal publishes rigorous, theory-driven and empirically grounded research that advances understanding of mind–body interactions and demonstrates clear clinical and conceptual relevance for psychotherapeutic and psychosomatic care across diverse patient populations. The journal particularly welcomes contributions that elucidate psychological, biological, and social mechanisms underlying mental and somatic disorders, with a focus on how these processes shape diagnosis, prognosis, and differential treatment response. Priority is given to work that bridges disciplinary boundaries, integrates multimodal methodologies, and translates mechanistic insights into clinically meaningful and practice-relevant implications for assessment, intervention, and patient outcomes.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Editor-in-chief Stephan ZipfelPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine11.4%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology10.8%
- Treatment of Major DepressionMedicine6.4%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities6.4%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology5.6%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology4.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 1 |
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
- 8.93LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 21.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 21.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 5.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 156OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,061OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 41.82%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,242 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57 | 30 | 29 |
| 2025 | 67 | 40 | 272 |
| 2024 | 69 | 33 | 647 |
| 2023 | 52 | 34 | 826 |
| 2022 | 58 | 33 | 2,991 |
| 2021 | 47 | 29 | 1,631 |
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
135 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 89 days – 188 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (102 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 166 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (141 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 acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 19.8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 70 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1965
- ISSN
- 0033-3190
- Electronic ISSN
- 1423-0348
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 95, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
What CAS zone is Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Psychiatry / Psychology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.93; CiteScore 21.8, h-index 156.
How long does peer review take at Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 135 days (interquartile range 89–188 days); the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 19.8%. 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 Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics open access, and what is the APC?
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 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, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .