Journal profile

Journal of psychopharmacology

Publisher: Sage Publications
ISSN0269-8811 | 1461-7285 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
4.14
Citation rate 6.27 1,449 total citations
h5-index 53 h5 depth signal
Cited share 82.8% 202 of 244
Total citations 1,449 Citation footprint
Metric signal 5.42 External metric anchor
Self-citation 4.5% 65 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United Kingdom 468
United States 445
Canada 140
Australia 118
Netherlands 102

Citing Fields of Research

Neurosciences 742
Psychiatry 717
Substance Abuse 518
Psychiatry & Psychology 109
Anesthetic & Pain Medicine 64

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 4,656 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 244 202 cited publications
Last 12 months 194 16.2 publications/month
Open access share 46.9% 91 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United Kingdom 468 citing publications
Leading citing field Neurosciences 742 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 13 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v11n1, 1997-
PubMed
v11n1, 1997-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Psychiatry Neurosciences Substance Abuse

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
British Association for Psychopharmacology

Broad Categories

Psychopharmacology Substance Abuse Psychiatry Neurosciences

MeSH Descriptors

Psychopharmacology

Latest Publications

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

01
Waldemar Greil, Mateo de Bardeci, Nadja Nievergelt et al.
Background: We assessed the association between different adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and patients with versus without lithium co-medication using data from the European drug surveillance program AMSP (German: “Arzneimittelsicherheit i...
07
Victoria Yue Tan, Sabrina Wong, Gia Han Le et al.
Background: Many proteins integral to psychotropic agents’ pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) exhibit circadian variation in expression and function. Chronopharmacology examines the effect of circadian systems on the pharmac...
09
Maria Niedernhuber, Dila Suay, Bigna Lenggenhager et al.
Background: Psychoactive serotonin 5-HT2A receptor agonists are potent modulators of awareness. Influential theories propose that psychedelics alter whole-brain dynamics by increasing neural signal diversity and dynamic flexibility. Beyo...
10
Rebecca Ehrenkranz, Nathan D. Sepeda, Sean P. Goldy et al.
Background: The persisting effects questionnaire (PEQ) is a measure of self-reported positive and negative effects from psychedelic and other experiences. While this measure has been used in many studies on psychedelic substances, the sc...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 3, published 1987; title from cover.

Also issued online.