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Frontiers in Psychiatry

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 1917

ISSN1664-0640eISSN1664-0640

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.179

H-Indexi

188

SNIPi

1.074

Total Worksi

18,109

Total Citationsi

354,609

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Psychiatry is an open-access scientific journal that publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research on all aspects of psychiatry. The journal covers a broad range of topics, including but not limited to, biological psychiatry, clinical psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and neuropsychiatry. We welcome original research, reviews, clinical trials, case reports, and brief reports.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1917

FrequencyEleven Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications18,109

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2009

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1664-0640 / 1664-0640

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

N/A

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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

977

43k

2019

1.6k

65k

2020

2.6k

65k

2021

3.2k

52k

2022

2.4k

28k

2023

2.1k

15k

2024

2.3k

6.6k

2025

2.1k

543

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 treatmentCOVID-19 and Mental HealthMental Health Research TopicsFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesTryptophan and brain disordersChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchMental Health Treatment and AccessDigital Mental Health InterventionsAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Psychiatry

Is Frontiers in Psychiatry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in 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 Frontiers in Psychiatry?

Frontiers in 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 2.78.

Is Frontiers in Psychiatry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Psychiatry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.