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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United Kingdom · Est. 1926

ISSN1600-0447

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.035

H-Indexi

238

SNIPi

2.002

Total Worksi

17,154

Total Citationsi

528,608

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1926

FrequencyMonthly, <Jan. 1982->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications17,154

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1600-0447

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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

156

5.7k

2019

139

5.8k

2020

134

3.4k

2021

147

2.7k

2022

134

1.5k

2023

146

984

2024

133

347

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 treatmentBipolar Disorder and TreatmentMental Health and PsychiatryChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentTreatment of Major DepressionMental Health Treatment and AccessPsychiatric care and mental health servicesSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesPsychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Frequently asked questions about Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Is Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica: 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 Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 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 2.95.

Is Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica?