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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, Professor, (E-mail: 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, Assistant Professor, (E-mail: marianna.mazza@policlinicogemelli.it) Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 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)
Editorial
Review
Asma Iqbal, Syed Faqeer Hussain Bokhari, Muneeb Ur Rehman, Syed Muhammad Faizan Sattar, Danyal Bakht, Wahidullah Dost, Abdul Basit 
World J Psychiatry 15(5):103751. Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.103751
Minireviews
Case Control Study
Shuai Wang, Jiao-Long Qin, Lian-Lian Yang, Ying-Ying Ji, Hai-Xia Huang, Xiao-Shan Gao, Zi-Mo Zhou, Zhen-Ru Guo, Ye Wu, Lin Tian, Huang-Jing Ni, Zhen-He Zhou 
World J Psychiatry 15(5):102706. Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.102706
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Meng-Ran Xie, Gang Li, Yu-Ting Shi, Li Kang, Na-Na Dou, Bing Liu, Jia-Li Cao, Shi-Qi Fu, Shi-Guang Hao 
World J Psychiatry 15(5):103669. Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.103669
Observational Study
Ruu-Fen Tzang, Yu-Wen Lin, Kai-Liang Kao, Yue-Cune Chang, Hui-Chun Huang, Shang-Yu Wu, Shu-I Wu, Robert Stewart 
World J Psychiatry 15(5):100731. Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.100731
Fei-Yi Zhao, Russell Conduit, Gerard A Kennedy, Pei-Jie Xu, Wen-Jing Zhang, Yuen-Shan Ho, Qiang-Qiang Fu, Chin-Moi Chow 
World J Psychiatry 15(5):105802. Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.105802
Prospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Han Zhang, Mi Zhang, Ni Li, Wen-Zhuo Wei, Lin-Xi Yang, Yong-Yi Li, Zhen-Yue Zu, Li-Jun Ma, Hui-Xue Wang, Kai Wang, Xiao-Ming Li 
World J Psychiatry 15(5):102552. Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.102552
Meta-Analysis
Letter to the Editor
Mihit Kalawatia, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Aabhali Mehrunkar 
World J Psychiatry 15(5):103575. Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.103575