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Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

SAGE Publications Inc. · Canada · Est. 1979

ISSN1497-0015

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.363

H-Indexi

184

SNIPi

1.191

Total Worksi

8,774

Total Citationsi

212,453

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1979

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year, 2007?-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,774

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1497-0015

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

121

5.1k

2019

147

3.7k

2020

111

1.7k

2021

1.6k

2022

622

2023

676

2024

105

255

2025

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 HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychiatry

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Schizophrenia research and treatmentMental Health and PsychiatryMental Health Treatment and AccessPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentTreatment of Major DepressionBipolar Disorder and TreatmentSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesPsychiatric care and mental health servicesPersonality Disorders and Psychopathology

Frequently asked questions about Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Is Canadian Journal of Psychiatry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Canadian Journal of Psychiatry: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Canadian Journal of Psychiatry?

Canadian 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 3.15.

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

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

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