Journal profile · Psychiatry
World Psychiatry
ISSN 1723-8617 · eISSN 2051-5545 · Wiley-Blackwell · ITALY · Tri-annual · Founded 2002
World Psychiatry: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 79.41; fully open access; community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 118 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
World Psychiatry is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Schizophrenia research and treatment, Mental Health and Psychiatry and Mental Health Treatment and Access, together about 39.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Psychiatry and Mental health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
World Psychiatry is the official journal of the World Psychiatric Association. It is published in three issues per year and is sent free of charge to psychiatrists whose names and addresses are provided by WPA member societies and sections. World Psychiatry is also freely accessible on Wiley Online Library and PubMed Central. World Psychiatry aims to disseminate information on truly significant clinical, service and research developments in the mental health field using a language that can be assimilated by the vast majority of mental health professionals worldwide. Abstracting and Indexing Information Abstracts in Anthropology (Sage) Embase (Elsevier) Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest) Hospital Premium Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) Psychology Database (ProQuest) PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA) PubMed (NLM) Science Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) World Psychiatry
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Editor-in-chief Andrea FiorilloPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 6, United Kingdom 4, Italy 3, India 2, Australia 2 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine14.3%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities13.2%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology12.3%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology7.7%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5.7%
- Treatment of Major DepressionMedicine4%
- Bipolar Disorder and TreatmentMedicine3.7%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine3.5%
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 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | 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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCEmbasePsycINFOPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 79.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 79.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 79.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 84.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 84.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 84.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 20.79LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 18.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70LetPub ·
- h-index
- 200OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,099OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 18.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 96Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,896,778Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,813 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 75 | 162 |
| 2025 | 118 | 115 | 1,355 |
| 2024 | 119 | 116 | 4,202 |
| 2023 | 118 | 115 | 6,253 |
| 2022 | 113 | 110 | 7,560 |
| 2021 | 114 | 111 | 8,818 |
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 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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- ITALY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1723-8617
- Electronic ISSN
- 2051-5545
- Society / sponsor
- World Psychiatric Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 25, Issue 3 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about World Psychiatry
What CAS zone is World Psychiatry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, World Psychiatry is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Psychiatry; 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 World Psychiatry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 79.41; CiteScore 84.8, h-index 200.
Where are the editorial board members of World Psychiatry based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), United Kingdom (4) and Italy (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index World Psychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, World Psychiatry is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC, Embase and PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is World Psychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
World Psychiatry is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .