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JAMA Psychiatry

American Medical Association · United States · Est. 1970

ISSN2168-6238

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

5.335

H-Indexi

250

SNIPi

4.919

Total Worksi

3,476

Total Citationsi

256,305

2yr Mean Citednessi

10.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Medicine (miscellaneous); Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,476

Publisher OrgAmerican Medical 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 Medical Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2168-6238

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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

320

27k

2019

269

22k

2020

204

15k

2021

239

13k

2022

263

7.1k

2023

234

5.5k

2024

225

2.1k

2025

159

246

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 HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychiatry

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Schizophrenia research and treatmentTreatment of Major DepressionChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentMental Health and PsychiatryMental Health Treatment and AccessSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesBipolar Disorder and TreatmentMental Health Research TopicsTryptophan and brain disordersFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies

Frequently asked questions about JAMA Psychiatry

Is JAMA Psychiatry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JAMA Psychiatry: 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 JAMA Psychiatry?

JAMA 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 10.33.

Is JAMA Psychiatry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JAMA Psychiatry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of JAMA Psychiatry?