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Psychiatric Services

American Psychiatric Association · United States · Est. 1950

ISSN1557-9700

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.033

H-Indexi

230

SNIPi

1.352

Total Worksi

27,130

Total Citationsi

470,514

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy & Services; Psychiatry; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Medicine (miscellaneous); Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1950

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications27,130

Publisher OrgAmerican Psychiatric Association

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Psychiatric Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1557-9700

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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?

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

263

2019

284

5.9k

2020

348

5.9k

2021

259

2.5k

2022

216

1.3k

2023

215

926

2024

206

313

2025

189

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & ServicesPsychiatryPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessMental Health and PsychiatrySchizophrenia research and treatmentChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsMental Health and Patient InvolvementHealthcare Policy and ManagementDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Psychiatric Services

Is Psychiatric Services a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Psychiatric Services: 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 Psychiatric Services?

Psychiatric Services 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 1.73.

Is Psychiatric Services indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Psychiatric Services is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Psychiatric Services?