Biological Psychiatry (journal)
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.
Discipline | Biological psychiatry |
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Language | English |
Edited by | John H. Krystal |
Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry |
History | 1959–present |
Publisher | Elsevier on behalf of the Society of Biological Psychiatry |
Frequency | Biweekly |
11.501 (2018) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Biol. Psychiatry |
Indexing | |
CODEN | BIPCBF |
ISSN | 0006-3223 (print) 1873-2402 (web) |
LCCN | 78009779 |
OCLC no. | 424038458 |
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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). In 2016, the Society of Biological Psychiatry launched a spin-off journal to Biological Psychiatry titled Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging ISSN 2451-9022.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- BIOSIS Previews
- Chemical Abstracts
- Current Contents/Life Sciences
- EMBASE
- Elsevier BIOBASE
- MEDLINE/PubMed
- Mental Health Abstracts
- PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts
- Referativny Zhurnal
- Science Citation Index
- Scopus
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 11.412.[5]
Editors-in-chief
The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the journal:
- Joseph Wortis, 1959–1992
- Wagner H. Bridger, 1992–1997
- Richard C. Josiassen, 1997
- Dennis S. Charney, 1998–2006
- John H. Krystal, 2006–present
See also
References
- "Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- "Biological Psychiatry". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- 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.
- 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.
- "Biological Psychiatry". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.