Top Psychiatry journals

Grouped by quality band, best first, and listed alphabetically within each band — the bands are the ranking; we do not order named journals against one another.

107 ranked journals. Computed 2026-09-04, citation window 2019–2022. Journals too new or too small to rank fairly are not listed — “unranked” is not a zero.

Questions

Why does a dementia journal appear among the top titles?

Conditions such as dementia sit at the border of psychiatry and neurology, and the NLM classifies some of these journals under Psychiatry. They are ranked here on the same citation basis as every other title; the overlap is real, not an error.

Are psychology journals in this list?

Only if the NLM files them under Psychiatry. Psychology is a separate discipline with its own list — keeping them apart stops each page from being diluted by a neighbouring field.

How current is the ranking?

It is recomputed about once a year over a multi-year citation window, and the calculation date is shown beneath the list. Recent, fast-moving topics may not yet be reflected in citation counts.

Spotted an error?

If a journal looks misclassified — the wrong discipline, a missing title, a band that seems off — please tell us at [email protected]. Every report gets an answer, and a confirmed error is corrected at the latest when the ranking is next recomputed.