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Welcome to the World Journal of Psychiatry

World Journal of Psychiatry (WJPWorld J Psychiatry) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJP accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJP are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJP is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of psychiatry, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJP include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Paolo Girardi, MD, (Email: paolo.girardi@uniroma1.it) Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00100, Italy
  • Marianna Mazza, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, (Email: paolo.girardi@uniroma1.it) Department of Geriatrics, Neuroscience and Orthopedics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJP is now abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics

The 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJP as 3.9; JIF without journal self cites: 3.8; 5-year JIF: 3.7; JIF Rank: 58/279 in psychiatry; JIF Quartile: Q1; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

ISSN
2220-3206 (online)
Review
María D Ponce-Regalado, Enrique Becerril-Villanueva, José Luis Maldonado-García, Martha C Moreno-Lafont, Gabriela Martínez-Ramírez, Salomón Jacinto-Gutiérrez, Rodrigo Arreola, Karla Sánchez-Huerta, Arturo Contis-Montes de Oca, Karla María López-Martínez, Elizabeth Bautista-Rodríguez, José Miguel Chin-Chan, Lenin Pavón, Gilberto Pérez-Sánchez 
World J Psychiatry 15(2):98484. Published online Feb 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i2.98484
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Clinical Trials Study
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Xue-Mei Qin, Meng-Qi Xu, Ya-Qi Qin, Fang-Zhou Shao, Mo-Han Ma, Wen-Wen Ou, Guan-Yi Lv, Qian-Qian Zhang, Wen-Tao Chen, Xiao-Tian Zhao, Ao-Qian Deng, Jin-Tao Xiong, Ling-Si Zeng, Yi-Lin Peng, Mei Huang, Shu-Yin Xu, Mei Liao, Li Zhang, Ling-Jiang Li, Yu-Meng Ju, Jin Liu, Bang-Shan Liu, Yan Zhang 
World J Psychiatry 15(2):99996. Published online Feb 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i2.99996
Randomized Controlled Trial
Basic Study
Si-Hai Chen, Bo Lan, Ying-Ying Zhang, Guo-Hui Li, Yu-Long Qian, Ming-Xing Hu, Yin-Lin Tian, Wei-Dong Zang, Jing Cao, Guang-Hai Wang, Yi-Gang Wang 
World J Psychiatry 15(2):101807. Published online Feb 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i2.101807
Meta-Analysis
Scientometrics
Case Report
Letter to the Editor
Retraction Note
Xian Zhang, Yang Liu, Hua-Fei Tang, Feng Jiang, Chun-Liang Chen, Ting-Ting Wang, Hui-Zhong Gu, Qiang Zhao, Rui Ma 
World J Psychiatry 15(2):103118. Published online Feb 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i2.103118