International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Last updated ISSN 0160-2527
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry is published by Elsevier BV in psychology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,510.
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What it publishes
Recent work in International Journal of Law and Psychiatry concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0160-2527, 1873-6386 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,510 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,580 |
| Publishing since | 1970 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-l |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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