General Psychiatry

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Overview and history

The journal was established by Yifeng Xu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine) and co-edited by the executive editor-in-chief Jinghong Chen (Shanghai Mental Health Center). [3] As the first psychiatric journal in China, it was established in 1959 as the Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry (Chinese name: 上海精神医学). [4] [5] It was initially published at irregular intervals, which then became a quarterly publication in 1989 and a bimonthly one in 2003. In 2012, it transitioned to an all-English publication. [4] In August 2018, it changed its name to General Psychiatry published by the BMJ Publishing Group. [6] [7] The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics and is affiliated with the Shanghai Mental Health Center (Chinese name: 上海精神卫生中心). [8]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, [9] Scopus, and the Directory of Open Access Journals. [10] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 5.3—ranking it in 28th place out of 276 journals in the category "Psychiatry". [11]

See also

References

  1. "Homepage". General Psychiatry. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  2. "上海市精神卫生中心". www.smhc.org.cn. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  3. "陈京红 - 研究员/教授 - 上海市重性精神病重点实验室". 上海市重性精神病重点实验室. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  4. 1 2 "About Us - Shanghai Carchives of Psychiatry". shanghaiarchivesofpsychiatry.org. 2024-02-11. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  5. Wu, Chunyan; Wang, Liwei (2010-02-01). "Psychiatric Journals in China" . American Journal of Psychiatry . 167 (2): 133. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.167.2.133. PMID   26650323 . Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  6. Xu, Yifeng (2018-09-14). "New journey, new mission: bolstering international communication about mental health". General Psychiatry. 31 (1) e100002. doi:10.1136/gpsych-2018-100002. PMC   6211272 . PMID   30582118.
  7. "BMJ to publish international psychiatry journal". InPublishing. 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  8. "About". General Psychiatry. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  9. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  10. "General Psychiatry – DOAJ". doaj.org. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  11. "General Psychiatry". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2024 via Web of Science.