The Lancet Psychiatry
Last updated ISSN 2215-0366
The Lancet Psychiatry is published by Elsevier BV in psychology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $7,280.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Lancet Psychiatry concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Mental Health Research Topics
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2215-0366, 2215-0374 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $7,280 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,887 |
| Publishing since | 1974 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/the-lancet-psychiatry |
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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