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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Psychological Medicine (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Psychological Medicine published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q1Psychology, Clinicalrank 9 of 186 journals
- Q1Psychiatryrank 19 of 293 journals
- Q1Psychologyrank 7 of 95 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
Article processing charge listed at about US$3,550.
02Indexing
Indexing of Psychological Medicine
- ISSN
- 0033-2917
- eISSN
- 1469-8978
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychology, Clinical
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Psychological Medicine publishes: real papers
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04Published papers
Papers published in Psychological Medicine
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study2023607 citations
- Integrated assessment of visual perception abnormalities in psychotic disorders and relationship with clinical characteristics201931 citations
- Association between exposome score for schizophrenia and functioning in first-episode psychosis: results from the Athens first-episode psychosis research study202325 citations
- Effort-based decision-making in ultra-high-risk for psychosis and bipolar disorder202410 citations
- Changes in repetitive negative thinking and stress perception mediate treatment effects of a transdiagnostic exercise intervention20260 citations
- Using machine learning to identify parenting features prospectively related to callous-unemotional traits from infancy to early adolescence20260 citations
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Psychological Medicine
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06Journal Finder
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How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
07Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Psychological Medicine?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Psychological Medicine is 5.26: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 5.26 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Psychological Medicine?
The h-index of Psychological Medicine is 331 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 331 of its papers have each been cited at least 331 times. Its i10-index is 8,212.
What is the APC of Psychological Medicine?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$3,550 for Psychological Medicine (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
Is Psychological Medicine a Q1 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Psychological Medicine ranks 9 of 186 journals in Psychology, Clinical, which places it in Q1 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Psychological Medicine indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Psychological Medicine appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Psychological Medicine an SCIE journal?
Yes. Psychological Medicine is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Psychological Medicine in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Psychological Medicine is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Psychological Medicine publish?
The papers published in Psychological Medicine that we track most often mention association, perception, disorder, psychosis. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in Psychological Medicine does ScholarsColab track?
We track 6 papers published in Psychological Medicine between 2019 and 2026, cited 673 times in total, with a median of 17.5 citations per paper.
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