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Indian Journal of Psychiatry
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Indian Journal of Psychiatry

0019-5545

Published by: Wolters Kluwer Health

https://journals.lww.com/indianjpsychiatry/pages/default.aspx

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 1085 8 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 40
Documents by Best Scientists*: 58
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 58
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.518
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Indian Journal of Psychiatry?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Mental health, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Schizophrenia. While it focused on Psychiatry, it was also able to explore topics like Context (language use) and MEDLINE. Indian Journal of Psychiatry investigates Clinical psychology research which frequently intersects with Cognition.

The journal focused on Mental health research but expanded to cover Health care. Most of the works presented in Indian Journal of Psychiatry deals with Depression (differential diagnoses) but it intersects with the subject of Internal medicine.

  • Psychiatry (45.15%)
  • Clinical psychology (16.30%)
  • Mental health (11.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Understanding nutrition, depression and mental illnesses. (183 citations)
  • Indian family systems, collectivistic society and psychotherapy. (181 citations)
  • Prevalence of Mental and Behavioural Disorders in India : A Meta-Analysis (150 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Indian Journal of Psychiatry:

The most cited papers explore disciplines such as Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Mental health, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Schizophrenia. While the most cited articles focused on Psychiatry, they were also able to explore topics like Epidemiology, Suicide prevention and MEDLINE. The published articles tackle studies in Context (language use) and the interrelated subject of Rating scale to gain insights into Clinical psychology.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Clinical psychology, Psychiatry, Mental health, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Text mining are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Clinical psychology research presented in Indian Journal of Psychiatry encompasses a variety of subjects, including Alcohol dependence, Cronbach's alpha, Mean age and Depression (differential diagnoses). The work on Mental health tackled in it brings together disciplines like Health care, Nursing, Family medicine, Prevalence and Telepsychiatry.

While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it also covered topics in Anxiety and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. Some problems in Text mining that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Pharmacology and MEDLINE. The concepts on MEDLINE presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Risperidone, Psychosis, Pediatrics and Medical education.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • 'Screen-time' for children and adolescents in COVID-19 times: Need to have the contextually informed perspective (1 citations)
  • The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2020 and its implication for mental health (1 citations)
  • School mental health program in India: Need to shift from a piecemeal approach to a long-term comprehensive approach with strong intersectoral coordination. (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Indian Journal of Psychiatry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chittaranjan Andrade (164 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • TS Sathyanarayana Rao (117 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sandeep Grover (113 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Bangalore N. Gangadhar (81 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ajit Avasthi (61 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Indian Journal of Psychiatry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (643 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (289 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (166 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
  • Central Institute of Psychiatry (135 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • JSS Medical College (130 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 20.34% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 62.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.57% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.51% of all publications and 19.15% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Career Guidance and Challenges in Psychiatry

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Top Publications

  • Suicide among doctors: A narrative review.

    Antonio Ventriglio;Cameron Watson;Dinesh Bhugra

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies in Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

    Y C Janardhan Reddy;Paulomi M Sudhir;M Manjula;Shyam Sundar Arumugham

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • A narrative review of suicide and suicidal behavior in medical students

    Cameron Watson;Antonio Ventriglio;Dinesh Bhugra

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Depressive symptoms and psychological distress from antenatal to postnatal period in women with high-risk pregnancy: A prospective study during the COVID-19 pandemic

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Mental health of political figures - Ethics of commentary and psychiatric assessment related to the death of Vladimir Bekhterev (1857-1927)

    (2023)
    5 Citations
  • Depression and anxiety symptoms, subjective well-being, and happiness among Indian high school students

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Comparing attention, impulsivity, and executive functions between patients with opiate use disorder: Buprenorphine maintenance treatment versus active users, in comparison with healthy controls

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • Development and validation of home-based psychosocial self-management interventions in schizophrenia and related disorders in low-resource settings: A mixed methods approach

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, and addiction treatment.

    Abhijit Nadkarni;Urvita Bhatia;Richard Velleman;Ravindra Agrawal

    (2020)
    0 Citations
  • Hoarding Disorder: A case series from the speciality OCD Clinic, NIMHANS, Bangalore

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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