Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
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Aims & Scope
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology is intended to provide a medium for the prompt publication of scientific contributions concerned with all aspects of the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders - social, biological and genetic. In addition, the journal has a particular focus on the effects of social conditions upon behaviour and the relationship between psychiatric disorders and the social environment. Contributions may be of a clinical nature provided they relate to social issues, or they may deal with specialised investigations in the fields of social psychology, sociology, anthropology, epidemiology, health service research, health economies or public mental health. We will publish papers on cross-cultural and trans-cultural themes. We do not publish case studies or small case series. While we will publish studies of reliability and validity of new instruments of interest to our readership, we will not publish articles reporting on the performance of established instruments in translation. Both original work and review articles may be submitted.
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ImpaQ AnalysisSocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (acronym: sppe, abbr: SOC PSYCH PSYCH EPID, ISSN: 0933-7954) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Medicine, published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg in Germany since 1966. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 3.50, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 1.584 (Q1), an H-index of 160.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Monthly, an annual output of approximately 201 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,686 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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