Psychiatry: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Molecular Psychiatry	74
2	Journal of Affective Disorders	68
3	JAMA Psychiatry	66
4	Frontiers in Psychiatry	60
5	Translational Psychiatry	57
6	Biological Psychiatry	52
-	Brain Behavior and Immunity	52
8	BMC Psychiatry	50
9	American Journal of Psychiatry	49
10	World Psychiatry	47
11	Psychiatry Research	44
12	Body Image	42
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	42
14	JMIR Mental Health	41
-	Psychological Medicine	41
16	Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry	39
-	Journal of Psychiatric Research	39
18	Current Psychiatry Reports	38
19	Addiction	35
-	Journal of Eating Disorders	35
21	Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	34
-	Schizophrenia Bulletin	34
-	Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry	34
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	34
25	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	33
-	International Journal of Eating Disorders	33
27	CNS Drugs	32
28	BJPsych Open	31
-	European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	31
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	31
-	Schizophrenia Research	31
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	31
33	Asian Journal of Psychiatry	30
-	Journal of Behavioral Addictions	30
35	Mindfulness	29
36	Psychoneuroendocrinology	28
-	Psychopharmacology	28
-	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health	28
39	Psychological Trauma-Theory Research Practice and Policy	27
-	Psychiatric Services	27
-	British Journal of Psychiatry	27
-	Journal of Psychosomatic Research	27
-	European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience	27
-	International Journal of Mental Health Nursing	27
45	Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica	26
-	Journal of Anxiety Disorders	26
47	Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology	25
-	Current Opinion in Psychiatry	25
-	Behavior Therapy	25
-	Comprehensive Psychiatry	25

51	International Psychogeriatrics	24
-	European Psychiatry	24
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	24
-	Epilepsy & Behavior	24
-	General Hospital Psychiatry	24
56	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	23
57	American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry	22
-	Archives of Womens Mental Health	22
-	International Journal of Social Psychiatry	22
-	Clinical Psychological Science	22
61	Journal of Traumatic Stress	21
-	Journal of Attention Disorders	21
-	Annals of General Psychiatry	21
-	Child and Adolescent Mental Health	21
-	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction	21
-	Aging & Mental Health	21
-	Child Psychiatry & Human Development	21
-	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry	21
69	Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders	20
-	Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing	20
-	Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics	20
-	Stress and Health	20
-	Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences	20
-	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	20
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	20
-	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry	20
-	International Journal of Mental Health Systems	20
78	Psychiatric Clinics of North America	19
-	Global Mental Health	19
-	Archives of Psychiatric Nursing	19
-	Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie	19
-	Early Intervention in Psychiatry	19
-	Indian Journal of Psychiatry	19
84	Psychiatry Research-Neuroimaging	18
-	Mental Health and Physical Activity	18
-	Bipolar Disorders	18
-	Substance Use & Misuse	18
-	Depression and Anxiety	18
-	Community Mental Health Journal	18
-	Journal of Child and Family Studies	18
91	Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior	17
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	17
-	Psychiatry Investigation	17
-	Eating Behaviors	17
-	International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research	17
-	Psychology and Psychotherapy-Theory Research and Practice	17
-	Psychosomatic Medicine	17
-	International Journal of Bipolar Disorders	17
99	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	16
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	16
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	16
-	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	16
-	International Review of Psychiatry	16
104	World Journal of Biological Psychiatry	15
-	Eating Disorders	15
-	Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry	15
-	CNS Spectrums	15
108	Issues in Mental Health Nursing	14
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	14
-	Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry	14
-	Clinical Gerontologist	14
-	Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America	14
-	Crisis-The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention	14
-	Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology	14
-	Psychogeriatrics	14
-	Harvard Review of Psychiatry	14
-	Journal of Personality Disorders	14
118	Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology	13
-	Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease	13
-	Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology	13
-	Australasian Psychiatry	13
-	International Clinical Psychopharmacology	13
-	Psychiatric Quarterly	13
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	13
-	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	13
-	Evidence-Based Mental Health	13
127	Nervenarzt	12
-	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	12
-	Anxiety Stress and Coping	12
-	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	12
-	Journal of Trauma & Dissociation	12
-	Personality and Mental Health	12
-	Transcultural Psychiatry	12
-	Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association	12
-	Psychopathology	12
-	Academic Psychiatry	12
-	Archives of Suicide Research	12
138	International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice	11
-	Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal	11
-	Journal of ECT	11
-	Neuropsychobiology	11
-	Nordic Journal of Psychiatry	11
-	Pharmacopsychiatry	11
-	Psychiatria Danubina	11
-	Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders	11
-	Perspectives in Psychiatric Care	11
-	American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B-Neuropsychiatric Genetics	11
-	Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental	11
149	Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders	10
-	International Journal of Law and Psychiatry	10
-	International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine	10
-	Psychiatria Polska	10
-	Behavioral Sleep Medicine	10
-	Biopsychosocial Medicine	10
-	Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health	10
-	European Journal of Psychiatry	10
157	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	9
-	European Addiction Research	9
-	International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis	9
-	Journal of Dual Diagnosis	9
-	Zeitschrift fuer Kinder-Und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie	9
-	Asia-Pacific Psychiatry	9
-	Culture Medicine and Psychiatry	9
164	Behavioral Medicine	8
-	Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental	8
-	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology	8
-	Psychiatric Annals	8
-	Psychiatrische Praxis	8
-	Annales Medico-Psychologiques	8
-	Psychiatry-Interpersonal and Biological Processes	8
-	Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry	8
-	International Journal of Forensic Mental Health	8
-	Journal of Experimental Psychopathology	8
174	Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association	7
-	Cognitive Neuropsychiatry	7

-	Psychosis-Psychological Social and Integrative Approaches	7
-	Salud Mental	7
-	South African Journal of Psychiatry	7
179	Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie	6
-	Clinical Case Studies	6
-	Neurocase	6
-	Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic	6
-	Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie	6
184	Evolution Psychiatrique	5
-	Psychoanalytic Study of the Child	5
-	History of Psychiatry	5
187	Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi	4
-	Zeitschrift fuer Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie	4
189	Suchttherapie	3
-	Contemporary Psychoanalysis	3
-	Verhaltenstherapie	3
192	Psychiatrie de l'Enfant	2