History of Psychiatry (journal)

History of Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering psychiatry. It is published quarterly by SAGE Publications. The journal's Editor-in-chief is Professor G. E. Berrios (University of Cambridge).

History of Psychiatry
DisciplinePsychiatry
LanguageEnglish
Edited byProfessor G. E. Berrios
Publication details
History1990-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
0.205 (2010)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Hist. Psychiatry
Indexing
ISSN0957-154X (print)
1740-2360 (web)
LCCN90023376
OCLC no.22167445
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Scope

The aim of History of Psychiatry is to publish articles and analysis across the history of the field of mental illness and the various forms of medicine and psychiatry, as well as aspects of the cultural response and social policy, which have evolved to understand and treat it.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in both SCOPUS and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2010 impact factor is 0.205, ranking it 23rd out of 26 journals in the category "History of Social Sciences"[1] and 102nd out of 107 journals in the category 'Psychiatry'.[2]

References
  1. "Journals Ranked by Impact: History of Social Sciences". 2010 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2011.
  2. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychiatry". 2010 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2011.


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