Journal profile

BMC psychiatry

Publisher: BioMed Central
ISSN1471-244X FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.58
Citation rate 6.49 11,380 total citations
h5-index 85 h5 depth signal
Cited share 89.2% 1,717 of 1,925
Total citations 11,380 Citation footprint
Metric signal 6.03 External metric anchor
Self-citation 3.5% 397 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

China 2,533
United States 935
United Kingdom 839
Germany 584
Australia 507

Citing Fields of Research

Psychiatry 5,728
Psychiatry & Psychology 2,792
Neurosciences 728
Neurodevelopmental Disorders 534
Substance Abuse 401

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 10,207 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 1,925 1,717 cited publications
Last 12 months 1,328 110.7 publications/month
Open access share 100.0% 1,328 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country China 2,533 citing publications
Leading citing field Psychiatry 5,728 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 17 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1, 2001-
PubMed
v1, 2001-
PMC
Active Coverage
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Psychiatry

Broad Categories

Psychiatry Psychiatry

MeSH Descriptors

Mental Disorders

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

05
Miroslava Hofmanová, Philip S. Santangelo, Nikolaus Kleindienst et al.
Background: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by affective instability and amygdala hyperreactivity. Although dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) reduces symptoms and amygdala-related abnormalities, many patients show...
06
Yoshiteru Takekita, Takaharu Azekawa, Kenji Baba et al.
Background: Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder in which affective symptoms commonly occur before the onset of frank psychosis. Depressive and anxiety symptoms preceding schizophrenia may complicate early diagnosis and influence su...
09
Raoul Belzeaux, Erica Fongaro, Leena Endrey et al.
Background: Bipolar disorder is common, highly disabling and frequently misdiagnosed as unipolar depression in primary care, leading to inappropriate antidepressant treatment and substantial diagnostic delays. Early and accurate identifi...
10
Morfeas Koumas, Markos Apostolakis, Evanthia Bella et al.
Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic relapsing condition associated with substantial mortality. Although medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) can be effective in reducing opioid use and improving treatment outcomes, r...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from BioMed Central archive volume screen (viewed on Feb. 20, 2002).

Articles are added consecutively to the current annual v.

Text (electronic journal) in HTML and PDF formats.

Mode of access: Internet.