Biological Psychiatry (journal)
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| 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 |
| 13.382 (2020) | |
| 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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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.
History
[edit]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, a spin-off journal was established: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (ISSN 2451-9022). In 2021, a second spin-off journal was established: Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science (ISSN 2667-1743).
Abstracting and indexing
[edit]The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 12.095.[5]
Editors-in-chief
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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. S2CID 54305793.
- ^ 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". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2019.