Comprehensive Psychiatry

Comprehensive Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed journal founded in 1960 and published by Elsevier, devoted to all aspects of psychiatry and mental health with an emphasis on clinical implications, now a fully open access journal with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.8《综合精神病学》（Comprehensive Psychiatry）是（Elsevier）出版的同行评审期刊，1960 年创刊，覆盖精神病学与心理健康的各个层面并侧重临床意义，现为完全开放获取期刊，2025 年影响因子为 4.8。

Scope

• The journal publishes on all aspects of psychiatry and mental health期刊发表涵盖精神病学与心理健康各个层面的研究。
• Its mission is to disseminate cutting-edge knowledge in order to improve patient care and advance the understanding of mental illness其使命是传播前沿知识，以改善患者照护并深化对精神疾病的认识。
• The journal places particular emphasis on the clinical implications of the work, including the improved understanding of psychopathology期刊特别重视研究的临床意义，包括深化对精神病理学的理解。
• Authors are encouraged to present their findings in an accessible way to promote the fullest engagement with clinicians and other interested parties期刊鼓励作者以易懂的方式呈现研究发现，以促进临床医师及其他相关人士的充分参与。
• The journal expects its open access papers to deliver the widest global impact, opening up scientific engagement with researchers, mental health clinicians, policy-makers and the public期刊期待其开放获取论文产生最广泛的全球影响，促进与研究者、精神卫生临床工作者、政策制定者及公众的科学对话。
• Submissions are supported by an expanded international team of editors and peer reviewers投稿由不断扩充的国际编辑与审稿团队提供支持。
• The journal welcomes original research spanning clinical and basic psychiatry, from psychopathology to treatment and diagnosis期刊欢迎从精神病理学到诊疗实践的临床与基础精神病学原创研究。

History

• Comprehensive Psychiatry was founded in 1960 by W. B. Saunders of Philadelphia, and its first volume appeared in 1960《综合精神病学》由费城（W. B. Saunders）于 1960 年创办，同年出版第 1 卷。
• The journal marked its 35th anniversary with an editorial by editor R. A. O'Connell in 1994该刊于 1994 年刊登主编（R. A. O'Connell）撰写的 35 周年社论。^[1]
• W. B. Saunders became part of Harcourt and was acquired by Elsevier in 2001, and the journal is now credited to W. B. Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc in Philadelphia（W. B. Saunders）后并入（Harcourt），2001 年随（Harcourt）被（Elsevier）收购，现刊名页出版者为费城的（W. B. Saunders）与（Elsevier）合署。
• The journal long appeared as one volume a year and moved to eight issues a year from 2015, running from volumes 56 to 63 that year and from volumes 144 to 151 in 2026该刊长期每年一卷，2015 年起改为每年 8 期，当年为第 56 至 63 卷，2026 年为第 144 至 151 卷。
• It became a fully open access journal from 2019 and is listed in DOAJ, with an article publishing charge of USD 4070 and licences spanning CC BY, CC BY-NC and CC BY-NC-ND该刊自 2019 年起转为完全开放获取并入选（DOAJ），文章处理费为 4070 美元，许可协议涵盖（CC BY）、（CC BY-NC）与（CC BY-NC-ND）。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.8, compared with 4.2 in 2024, 7.211 in 2022 and 3.735 in 2021, and the CiteScore is 8.72025 年影响因子为 4.8，2024 年为 4.2，2022 年为 7.211，2021 年为 3.735，（CiteScore）为 8.7。
• Elsevier reports a median of 4 days from submission to first decision, 55 days to decision after review, 134 days to acceptance and 2 days to online publication（Elsevier）数据显示，投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 4 天，送审至决定为 55 天，投稿至接受为 134 天，接受至在线发表为 2 天。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Naomi Fineberg of the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, whose interests include obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trial design and clinical psychopharmacology现任主编为英国（University of Hertfordshire）的（Naomi Fineberg），其研究方向包括强迫及相关障碍、试验设计与临床精神药理学。
• Seven associate editors serve the journal, among them Samuel Chamberlain of the University of Southampton, Brian Dean of the Florey Institute in Australia, Roger Ho of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Christine Lochner of Stellenbosch University in South Africa该刊设有 7 位副编辑，包括（University of Southampton）的（Samuel Chamberlain）、澳大利亚（Florey Institute）的（Brian Dean）、香港科技大学（Hong Kong University of Science and Technology）的（Roger Ho）与南非斯泰伦博斯大学（Stellenbosch University）的（Christine Lochner）。
• Section editors Konstantinos Ioannidis and Giacomo Grassi, social media editor Janine Hopkins and consulting editor Dorota Frydecka complete the core editorial team板块编辑（Konstantinos Ioannidis）与（Giacomo Grassi）、社交媒体编辑（Janine Hopkins）及顾问编辑（Dorota Frydecka）共同构成核心编辑团队。
• The editorial board counts 47 editors and board members from 18 countries and regions, led by the United Kingdom with 15, the United States with 8 and China with 4编委会由来自 18 个国家和地区的 47 位编辑与编委组成，其中英国 15 人、美国 8 人、中国 4 人。
• Editors Emeriti are David Dunner, John C. Markowitz and R. A. O'Connell荣誉编辑为（David Dunner）、（John C. Markowitz）与（R. A. O'Connell）。
• Peer review is single anonymous, and the journal stresses clinical implications and accessible presentation over formal novelty alone该刊实行单匿名评审，在衡量稿件时强调临床意义与表达的清晰易懂。