Washington, D.C. — The American Psychiatric Association (APA)’s journals were well-positioned in the latest edition of the Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics © 2025), in which journals are assigned “Impact Factors.” Impact Factor is a bibliometric calculation that describes the level of influence a journal’s published output has on the scientific literature by measuring how many times the work it publishes is subsequently cited by others.

The American Journal of Psychiatry, the official journal of APA, received an Impact Factor score of 14.7. The score can be interpreted as an average, where every article that AJP published in the reporting period (2022 and 2023) was cited by almost 15 articles in 2024. AJP’s number of total citations, 37,962, places it fifth among the 288 journals in the category of psychiatry.

Psychiatric Services, published since 1950, is a monthly peer-reviewed APA journal featuring research reports on issues related to the delivery of mental health services, especially for people with serious mental illness in community-based treatment programs. Psychiatric Services received an Impact Factor of 3.2, with 12,317 total citations.

The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences publishes works that advance the science of brain-behavior relationships, the care of persons and families affected by neurodevelopmental, acquired neurological, and neurodegenerative conditions, and education and training in behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry. Published quarterly by APA, it is the official journal of the American Neuropsychiatric Association. JNCN received an Impact Factor of 2.9 with 3,754 total citations.

The American Journal of Psychotherapy is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal published quarterly by APA and is dedicated to advancing the theory, science, and clinical practice of psychotherapy. The American Journal of Psychotherapy received an Impact Factor of 2.5 with 937 total citations.

All four journals are available on psychiatryonline.org.

American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association, founded in 1844, is the oldest medical association in the country. The APA is also the largest psychiatric association in the world with more than 39,200 physician members specializing in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and research of mental illnesses. APA’s vision is to ensure access to quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. For more information, please visit www.psychiatry.org.