Home›Search›BJPsych Bulletin

BJPsych Bulletin

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1975

ISSN2056-4708

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total78

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.522

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.046

Total Worksi

1,385

Total Citationsi

10,809

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

BJPsych Bulletin is a journal for the publication of high-quality research and scholarly debate in psychiatry and related disciplines. It aims to provide a platform for the dissemination of original research, reviews, case reports, and commentaries that contribute to the understanding and treatment of mental health conditions. The journal covers a broad range of topics within psychiatry, including but not limited to, biological psychiatry, clinical psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, old age psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry. It also welcomes submissions on public mental health, mental health policy, and the history of psychiatry.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,385

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

OA Since2014

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~32 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2056-4708

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

803

2019

146

1.7k

2020

136

1.1k

2021

259

2022

111

520

2023

118

171

2024

125

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 HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychiatry

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychiatric care and mental health servicesMental Health and PsychiatryDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMental Health Treatment and AccessSchizophrenia research and treatmentHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsAcademic Publishing and Open AccessChild and Adolescent HealthMental Health and Patient InvolvementHistorical Psychiatry and Medical Practices

Frequently asked questions about BJPsych Bulletin

Is BJPsych Bulletin a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BJPsych Bulletin: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of BJPsych Bulletin?

BJPsych Bulletin 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 0.63.

Is BJPsych Bulletin indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BJPsych Bulletin is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.