AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY: Aim & Scope

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Psychiatry.
The ISSN of this journal is 15357228.

Impact factor of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Journal Title	American Journal of Psychiatry
Impact Factor	15.1
SJR	4.231
ISSN	15357228
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	13.391
2019	13.655
2020	14.119
2021	18.112
2022
2023	17.7
2025	15.1

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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