Biological Psychiatry (journal)

This article is about the journal Biological Psychiatry. For the field of study, see Biological psychiatry.
Biological Psychiatry  
Former names
 Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 Biol. Psychiatry
Discipline Biological psychiatry
Language English
Edited by John H. Krystal
Publication details
Publisher
Elsevier on behalf of the Society of Biological Psychiatry
Publication history
 1959–present
Frequency Biweekly
9.247
Indexing
ISSN 0006-3223 (print)
1873-2402 (web)
LCCN 78009779
CODEN BIPCBF
OCLC no. 424038458
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Biological Psychiatry is a biweekly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal of psychiatric neuroscience and therapeutics, published by Elsevier since 1985 on behalf of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, of which it is the official journal. The journal covers a broad range of topics related to the pathophysiology and treatment of major neuropsychiatric disorders. A yearly supplement is published which contains the abstracts from the annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry.

History

The journal was established in 1959 as Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry.[1] It obtained its current name in 1969 with volume numbering restarting at 1[2] and is the official journal of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. The founding editor-in-chief was Joseph Wortis, who edited the journal until 1992.[3][4] The current editor is John H. Krystal (Yale University School of Medicine).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 9.247, ranking it 4th out of 135 journals in the category "Psychiatry"[5] and 13th out of 251 journals in the category "Neurosciences."[6]

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the journal:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  2. ↑ "Biological Psychiatry". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  3. ↑ Dunner, David L. (1993-01-01). "Joseph Wortis, next term M.D. a new position: Founding editor". Biological Psychiatry 33 (1): 1. doi:10.1016/0006-3223(93)90270-N.
  4. ↑ Van Gelder, Lawrence (1995-02-28). "Dr. Joseph Wortis, an Editor And a Psychiatrist, 88, Dies". The New York Times. pp. B8. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  5. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychiatry". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.
  6. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Neurosciences". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.

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