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Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India

ISSN0019-5545eISSN1998-3794

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.649

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.776

Total Worksi

3,930

Total Citationsi

50,967

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,930

Publisher OrgMedknow

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSSPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0019-5545 / 1998-3794

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

242

4.3k

2019

228

4.4k

2020

144

1.3k

2021

759

1.3k

2022

221

1.5k

2023

238

2024

229

337

2025

185

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychiatry

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessSchizophrenia research and treatmentMental Health and PsychiatryChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentBipolar Disorder and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Is Indian Journal of Psychiatry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indian Journal of Psychiatry: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Indian Journal of Psychiatry?

Indian Journal of Psychiatry is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.64.

Is Indian Journal of Psychiatry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Psychiatry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Psychiatry?