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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

The International Journal for Research in Social and Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health Services

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Overview

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology is a scholarly journal dedicated to diverse aspects of psychiatric disorders' epidemiology and particularly social, biological, and genetic dimensions.

  • Focuses on the effects of social conditions on behavior and the relationship between psychiatric disorders and the social environment.
  • Publishes specialized investigations in the fields of social psychology, sociology, anthropology, epidemiology, health service research, health economics, and public mental health.
  • Welcomes papers on cross-cultural and trans-cultural themes.
  • Does not publish case studies or small case series.
  • High author satisfaction with 90% indicating they would likely publish in the journal again.

Editors-in-Chief
  • James Kirkbride PhD
  • Ulrich Reininghaus PhD, MSc, Dipl.-Psych.

Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
3.5 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
4.8 (2025)
Submission to first decision (median)
35 days
Downloads
2M (2025)

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Electronic ISSN
1433-9285
Print ISSN
0933-7954
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  8. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
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  10. Dimensions
  11. EBSCO
  12. EMCare
  13. Google Scholar
  14. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
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  16. Naver
  17. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  18. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  19. Ovid Discovery
  20. Portico
  21. ProQuest
  22. PsycINFO
  23. Psyndex
  24. SCImago
  25. SCOPUS
  26. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  27. Semantic Scholar
  28. Social Science Citation Index
  29. TD Net Discovery Service
  30. Wanfang
  31. eLibrary.ru
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