Journal profile · Psychiatry
Recht & Psychiatrie
ISSN 0724-2247 · Psychiatrie-Verlag GmbH · GERMANY · Quarterly · Founded 1983
Recht & Psychiatrie: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.34; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 11 articles a year; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Recht & Psychiatrie is published by Psychiatrie-Verlag GmbH 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 Criminal Law and Policy, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending and Psychiatric care and mental health services, together about 50% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Die Zeitschrift Recht & Psychiatrie dient der Verständigung und dem Austausch zwischen den an der Schnittstelle von Recht und Psychiatrie tätigen Berufsgruppen. Als interdisziplinäres Diskussions- und Informationsforum für Mediziner*innen, Jurist*innen und Politik ist es ein Anliegen von Recht & Psychiatrie, das geltende Recht zu analysieren, kritisch zu begleiten und seine Weiterentwicklung voranzutreiben.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences22.2%
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology14.8%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology13%
- Healthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsPsychology11.1%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine9.3%
- Deception detection and forensic psychologyPsychology3.7%
- Medical Practices and RehabilitationHealth Professions3.7%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology1.9%
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 | Criminology & Penology | 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 | Criminology & Penology | 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 | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOPublisher website
Other: EM-Care, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, Juris, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, KJB, Social Scisearch©
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.34LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 19 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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)
- 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Preprints
- Authorship
Accepted, not yet typeset manuscripts may be deposited after a 12-month embargo following publication. Model summary
Autor*innen dürfen die akzeptierte, aber noch nicht gesetzte Fassung ihres Manuskriptes nach einer Embargo-Frist von 12 Monaten nach Publikation auf ihrer persönlichen Webseite sowie in institutionellen Archiven, einschließlich jeglicher sozialer Netzwerke oder Plattformen (wie z. B. ResearchGate, Academia), hinterlegen, ohne einen Antrag auf Abdruckgenehmigung zu stellen.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Submitted, not yet accepted manuscripts may be deposited on personal websites and institutional archives without permission request. Model summary
Autor*innen dürfen die eingereichte, aber noch nicht akzeptierte Fassung ihres Manuskriptes jederzeit auf ihrer persönlichen Webseite sowie in institutionellen Archiven, einschließlich jeglicher sozialer Netzwerke oder Plattformen (wie z. B. Research Gate, Academia), hinterlegen, ohne einen Antrag auf Abdruckgenehmigung zu stellen.
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
- Psychiatrie-Verlag GmbH
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1983
- ISSN
- 0724-2247
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Recht & Psychiatrie
What CAS zone is Recht & Psychiatrie in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Recht & Psychiatrie is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Criminology & Penology / 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 Recht & Psychiatrie?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.34; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 6.
How long does peer review take at Recht & Psychiatrie?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 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 Recht & Psychiatrie?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Recht & Psychiatrie is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Recht & Psychiatrie open access, and what is the APC?
Recht & Psychiatrie 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: .