Journal profile

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

Publisher: Springer International
ISSN0933-7954 | 0037-7813 | 1433-9285 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
3.95
Citation rate 4.35 1,576 total citations
h5-index 50 h5 depth signal
Cited share 85.5% 341 of 399
Total citations 1,576 Citation footprint
Metric signal 3.48 External metric anchor
Self-citation 1.5% 23 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 506
United Kingdom 453
Australia 258
Canada 209
China 191

Citing Fields of Research

Psychiatry 1,424
Psychiatry & Psychology 1,002
Healthcare Policy 263
Sociology 166
Substance Abuse 130

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 5,750 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 399 341 cited publications
Last 12 months 200 16.7 publications/month
Open access share 55.5% 111 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 506 citing publications
Leading citing field Psychiatry 1,424 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 16 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v23n1,Jan. 1988-
PubMed
v23n1,Jan. 1988-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Psychiatry Psychiatry & Psychology

Broad Categories

Epidemiology Psychiatry Social Sciences Psychiatry Psychiatry & Psychology Substance Abuse Healthcare Policy Palliative Care

MeSH Descriptors

Community Psychiatry Epidemiology Mental Disorders

Latest Publications

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

01
Di Sun, Jing Li, Guanping Chen et al.
Purpose: Daridorexant, a novel dual orexin receptor antagonist, holds promise for managing insomnia. Although previous studies have identified a significant signal for suicidal ideation associated with daridorexant when compared with all...
02
Carlotta Sophie Bohn, Georg Schomerus, Matthias Horn
Purpose: The healthcare provision for mentally ill offenders in Germany remains inadequate, despite higher prevalence rates compared to the general population. We examined whether stigma-based discrimination is greater toward this group ...
03
Jessica Deng, Isabella Choi, Caroline Hunt
Purpose: Young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds are at higher risk of developing mental health difficulties associated with migration and resettlement stressors and yet are underrepresented in mental health services. The curre...
04
Daniel N. Tollosa, Can Liu, Alessandra Grotta et al.
Purpose: Parental death during adolescence or young adulthood (AYA) is a significant life event with profound psychological consequences and may initiate or escalate psychotropic medication use. This study identified distinct psychotropi...
09
Richard Kjellgren, Jan Savinc, Nadine Dougall et al.
Purpose: To quantify differences in health service (community, unscheduled/emergency, inpatient) contact for mental health and substance use pre and post-release from prison, and explore variations between subgroups based on sociodemogra...
10
Richard Andrew Burns, Dimity Ann Crisp, Peter Butterworth
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the mental health trajectories of Australia’s emerging adults in the years prior, during and post the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Participants ( n = 4,983) were from the Household, Inco...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Called also: SPPE.

Also available online.

Continues: Social psychiatry.

(1988)19890818 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper