Middle East Current Psychiatry
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 2011
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Aims & Scope
Middle East Current Psychiatry (MECP), the official journal of The Okasha Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, is one of the Middle East’s leading psychiatric open access peer-reviewed journals. The journal publishes articles of exceptional interest in all areas of psychiatry, with a dedicated focus on clinical and experimental research. MECP aims to advance modern research in the Middle East by publishing innovative research on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. The journal acts as an international forum for the dissemination of information. MECP publishes research, reviews, debate articles, commentaries and case reports.
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Publication & Citation Trend
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Frequently asked questions about Middle East Current Psychiatry
Is Middle East Current Psychiatry a predatory journal?
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What is the impact factor of Middle East Current Psychiatry?
Middle East Current 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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 1.80.
Is Middle East Current Psychiatry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Middle East Current Psychiatry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Middle East Current Psychiatry?
Middle East Current Psychiatry (MECP), the official journal of The Okasha Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, is one of the Middle East’s leading psychiatric open access peer-reviewed journals. The journal publishes articles of exceptional interest in all areas of psychiatry, with a dedicated focus on clinical and experimental research. MECP aims to advance modern research in the Middle East by publishing innovative research on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. The journal acts as an international forum for the dissemination of information. MECP publishes research, revi
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