Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Discipline	Psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy
Language	English
Edited  by	Stephan Zipfel
Publication details
Former name(s)	Acta Psychotherapeutica et Psychosomatica
History	1953–present
Publisher	Karger Publishers
Frequency	Bimonthly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	17.4 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Psychother. Psychosom.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
ISSN	0033-3190  (print) 1423-0348  (web)
LCCN	83641238
OCLC  no.	66468702
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Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Karger Publishers. It was established in 1953 under the name Acta Psychotherapeutica et Psychosomatica, obtaining its current name in 1965. ^[1] The journal covers research concerned with psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology. It is the official journal of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine ^[2] and the World Federation for Psychotherapy. ^[3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Biological Abstracts ^[4]
• BIOSIS Previews ^[4]
• CINAHL ^[5]
• Current Contents/Clinical Medicine ^[4]
• Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences ^[4]
• EBSCO databases ^[6]
• Embase ^[7]
• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed ^[8]
• ProQuest databases ^[6]
• PsycINFO ^[9]
• Science Citation Index Expanded ^[4]
• Scopus ^[10]
• Social Sciences Citation Index ^[4]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2024 impact factor of x.x. ^[11]

Editors-in-chief

The founding editors-in-chief were Eugène Antoine Désiré Emile Carp and Barend Joseph Stokvis. They were succeeded by:

• Th. Spoerri (1964–1974)
• P.E. Sifneos (1974–1991)
• G.A. Fava (1992–2022)
• F. Cosci and J. Guidi (2022–2024)
• S. Zipfel (2025–present)

References

1. "About Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics". Karger Publishers. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
2. "ICPM journal". International College of Psychosomatic Medicine. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
3. "The WFP journal". World Federation for Psychotherapy. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
4. "Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics". Web of Science Master Journal List. Clarivate . Retrieved 2025-07-30.
5. "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL . EBSCO Information Services . Retrieved 2025-07-30.
6. "Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved 2025-07-30.
7. "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier . Retrieved 2025-07-30.
8. "Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2025-07-30.
9. "PsycINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association . Retrieved 2025-07-30.
10. "Source details: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics". Scopus Preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 2025-07-30.
11. "Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Science/Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.

External links

• Official website
• ICPM