British Journal of Psychiatry
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

British Journal of Psychiatry
Overview

Impact Factor

9.319

H Index

239

Impact Factor

4.331

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom
Journal ISSN: 00071250, 14721465
Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists
History: 1963-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The British Journal of Psychiatry is one of the world"s leading psychiatric journals and an essential companion to clinical practice and research. It covers all branches of the subject, with an overriding concern to improve the prevention, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and care of mental illness, and the promotion of mental health throughout the world. In addition to the best international research papers, the journal includes literature reviews, editorial, a comprehensive book review section and a lively and well-informed correspondence column. A series of supplements, free to subscribers, provides extensive in-depth coverage of selected areas. The British Journal of Psychiatry is available in print and online.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



British Journal of Psychiatry
SCR Impact Factor

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SCR Journal Ranking

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SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

2.564

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Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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British Journal of Psychiatry
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    5.072 4.953 5.11
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    4.331 4.545 4.899
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    3.389 4.012 4.356
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    3.533 4.051 4.082
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    3.668 3.747 3.859
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    3.343 3.595 3.976
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    3.471 4.139 4.314
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    3.989 4.266 4.455
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    4.368 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    4.308 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    4.202 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    4.394 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    3.868 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    4.109 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    3.556 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    3.861 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    4.08 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    3.485 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    3.241 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    3.137 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    3.041 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    2.966 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    2.945 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

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H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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H-Index History