About

Acceptance rate:
21%
Time to first decision with review:
39 days*
Impact Factor (JCR):
5.3
Citescore:
21.9
Citescore rank:
1/192
Total content views:
169,227

Aims and scope

General Psychiatry (GPSYCH) is an open access journal that covers all topics of interest to psychiatrists and other mental health professionals internationally. The journal includes original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses (that, unlike meta-analyses in other journals, pool results from studies published in Chinese and English), forums on topical issues (with commentaries from Chinese and international authors), case reports, research methods in psychiatry, and a unique section on ‘Biostatistics in Psychiatry’. Original articles on basic research, clinical research, community-based studies, and ecological studies are all considered for publication.

Editorial Board

For information about the General Psychiatry Editor-in-Chief Yifeng Xu and his editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.

Ownership

General Psychiatry is owned by the Shanghai Mental Health Center. In addition to serving as a mental health clinic offering medication management and psychotherapy, the center is involved in teaching, research, and mental health prevention planning for Shanghai and the entirety of China.

Journal information

Publication Model
Continuous publication, open access
Launch date
1959
Digital Archives
Indexed by
Web of Science Core Collection: Emerging Sources Citation Index, PubMed Central, Scopus, DOAJ, Google Scholar
Peer Review Model
Double anonymised; the names of reviewers and authors are hidden from each other
Print ISSN
2096-5923
Online ISSN
2517-729X
Previous Title
Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry

Journal Statistics 2024

Acceptance rate: 21%
Speed Time to first decision without review: 5 days (median) Time to first decision with review: 39 days (median)
Impact 
Impact Factor category: Psychiatry
Impact Factor (JCR): 5.3
Journal Citation Indicator (JCI): 1.17
Eigenfactor Score: 0.00294
Citescore: 21.9
Citescore rank: 1/192
Scimago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.462
Reach Total content views: 169,227 Total altmetric mentions: 4,126
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Affiliations

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Shanghai Mental Health Center (SMHC), formerly known as the Shanghai Psychiatric Hospital, was founded in 1958. Its predecessor, Mercy Hospital, was established in 1935. In addition to serving as a mental health clinic offering medication management and psychotherapy, the center is involved in teaching, research, and mental health prevention planning for Shanghai and the entirety of China.
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