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Best Biological Psychiatry journals

54 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Biological Psychiatry. The top 54 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 14 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 The Lancet Psychiatry 39.4 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 Biological Psychiatry 17.9 97th Q1 SCIE – No
3 European Neuropsychopharmacology 13.2 95th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Translational Psychiatry 10.7 93th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 World Journal of Biological Psychiatry 9.3 91th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 9.1 89th Q1 SCIE – No
7 European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 8.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Chronic Stress 8.2 86th Q1 – – Yes
9 Nature Mental Health 8.1 84th Q1 ESCI – No
10 Journal of Neural Transmission 7.6 82th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Psychiatry Research 7.6 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
12 Neuropsychobiology 7.4 78th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Psychoneuroendocrinology 6.7 76th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Brain Communications 6.7 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience 6.7 73th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
16 Bipolar Disorders 6.7 71th Q2 SCIE – No
17 Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 6.5 69th Q2 SCIE – No
18 Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 6.3 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
19 Journal of Psychiatric Research 6.2 65th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
20 Schizophrenia Research 6.1 63th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
21 Schizophrenia 6.1 62th Q2 – – Yes
22 International Journal of Bipolar Disorders 6 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
23 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 5.9 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
24 Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 5.3 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
25 Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior 5 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
26 Early Intervention in Psychiatry 4.6 52th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
27 Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 4.6 50th Q2 SCIE – No
28 Behavioral and Brain Functions 4.6 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
29 Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science 4.5 47th Q3 SSCI – No
30 Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 4.5 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
31 Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation 4.5 43th Q3 SCIE – Yes
32 Sleep Epidemiology 4 41th Q3 – – Yes
33 Acta Neuropsychiatrica 4 39th Q3 SCIE – No
34 BioPsychoSocial Medicine 3.9 37th Q3 SSCI – Yes
35 Journal of Psychedelic Studies 3.5 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
36 Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 3.2 34th Q3 SCIE – Yes
37 Psychiatry Investigation 3.1 32th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
38 Implementation Research and Practice 3.1 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
39 Psychiatry Research Communications 3 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
40 Brain and Spine 2.9 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
41 Psychiatric Genetics 2.6 25th Q3 SCIE – No
42 Journal of Individual Differences 2.1 23th Q4 SSCI – No
43 Journal of EMDR Practice and Research 1.5 21th Q4 ESCI – Yes
44 Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 1.2 19th Q4 ESCI – No
45 Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports 1.2 17th Q4 ESCI – Yes
46 NeuroRegulation 1 15th Q4 – – Yes
47 Chinese Journal of Psychiatry 0.8 13th Q4 – – No
48 Addicta: the Turkish Journal on Addictions 0.8 12th Q4 ESCI – Yes
49 Psychiatry (Moscow) 0.6 10th Q4 – – No
50 Sibirskii Vestnik Psikhiatrii i Narkologii 0.6 8th Q4 – – No
51 Neuropsychiatric Investigation 0.6 6th Q4 – – Yes
52 Geriatrie et Psychologie Neuropsychiatrie du Vieillissement 0.5 4th Q4 SCIE – No
53 Anthropological Researches and Studies 0.2 2th Q4 – – Yes
54 L.O.G.O.S. Interdisziplinair 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Biological Psychiatry Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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