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Psychological Medicine is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 12.2), WoS SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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ISSN 0033-2917Verify ISSN ↗1469-8978Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | 25 / 580 | 95th | Q1 |
| Applied Psychology | 20 / 258 | 92nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1970–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 12.2.
Psychological Medicine is Q1 in Psychiatry and Mental Health (rank 25 of 580) and Q1 in Applied Psychology (rank 20 of 258), by CiteScore 2025.
Psychological Medicine is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 12.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.192, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 262.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Psychological Medicine is published by Cambridge University Press. Its print ISSN is 0033-2917 and its online ISSN is 1469-8978.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Psychological Medicine has an h-index of 334 and a 2-year mean of 5.08 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 12.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #36 of 570 Scopus journals in Psychiatry and Mental Health.
Psychological Medicine published 394 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 549. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (20.6%), United States (18.1%) and United Kingdom (12.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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