This international rapid-publication journal is the official journal of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. It covers a broad range
of topics in psychiatric neuroscience and therapeutics. Both basic and clinical contributions are encouraged from all disciplines and
research areas relevant to the pathophysiology and treatment ... click here for full Aims & Scope
This international rapid-publication journal is the official journal of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. It covers a broad range
of topics in psychiatric neuroscience and therapeutics. Both basic and clinical contributions are encouraged from all disciplines and
research areas relevant to the pathophysiology and treatment of major neuropsychiatric disorders. Novel results of original research,
in Archival and Brief Report formats, Commentaries, and Correspondence judged to be of high impact to the field are published, particularly
those addressing genetic and environmental risk factors, neural circuitry and neurochemistry, and important new therapeutic approaches.
Concise Reviews and Editorials that focus on topics of current research and interest are also published rapidly.
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of the Society of Biological Psychiatry at URL: http://www.sobp.org
for details on membership, publications, awards and other society information.
Biological Psychiatry is ranked 4th
of 101 journals in Psychiatry and 14th of 219 journals in the Neurosciences categories on the 2009 Journal Citation Reports®, published
by Thomson Reuters, and has an Impact Factor of 8.672.
Biological Psychiatry's acceptance rate is approximately 15%.
The average time from submission to first decision is less than 20 days, with an editorial rejection (reject without peer review) decision
issued within 5 days. Accepted articles are published online ahead of print in an average of 35 business days, and articles are published
in print 4-6 months after acceptance.
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John H. Krystal, MD
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