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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 >>

2024 Published Issues
11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Ting-Shao Zhu, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: [email protected]) Division of Social and Engineering Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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)
Editorial
Ya-Lin Zhao, Shu-Ya Sun, Hao-Cheng Qin, Yu-Lian Zhu, Zhi-Wen Luo, Yuan Qian, Shuo Chen 
World J Psychiatry 14(11):1611-1617. Published online Nov 19, 2024. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v14.i11.1611
Opinion Review
Case Control Study
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Bao-Yan Xu, Kun Jin, Hai-Shan Wu, Xue-Jun Liu, Xi-Jin Wang, Hong Sang, Ke-Qing Li, Mei-Juan Sun, Hua-Qing Meng, Huai-Li Deng, Zhi-Yuan Xun, Xiao-Dong Yang, Lin Zhang, Guan-Jun Li, Rui-Ling Zhang, Duan-Fang Cai, Jia-Hong Liu, Gui-Jun Zhao, Long-Fa Liu, Gang Wang, Chang-Lie Zhao, Bin Guo, Sheng-Chun Jin, Ling-Yun Huang, Fu-De Yang, Jian-Min Zheng, Gui-Lai Zhan, Mao-Sheng Fang, Xiang-Jun Meng, Guang-Ya Zhang, Hai-Min Li, Xiang-Lai Liu, Ju-Hong Li, Bin Wu, Hai-Yun Li, Jin-Dong Chen 
World J Psychiatry 14(11):1735-1745. Published online Nov 19, 2024. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v14.i11.1735
Basic Study
Pan Jing, Hai-Hang Yu, Ting-Ting Wu, Bi-Hua Yu, Ming Liang, Ting-Ting Xia, Xue-Wen Xu, Ting Xu, Ling-Jiang Liu, Xiao-Bin Zhang 
World J Psychiatry 14(11):1746-1754. Published online Nov 19, 2024. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v14.i11.1746
Scientometrics
Letter to the Editor