The British Journal of Psychiatry
Last updated ISSN 0007-1250
The British Journal of Psychiatry is published by Cambridge University Press in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,920.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The British Journal of Psychiatry concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
Key facts
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0007-1250, 1472-1465 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,920 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 33,110 |
| Publishing since | 1855 |
| Journal website | bjp.rcpsych.org/ |
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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