Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Established in 1982, the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine is dedicated to acting as an international forum for the publication of research on the science and practice of psychiatry. Its main aim is to disseminate original scientific research to a national and international readership with the objective of improving clinical practice and service development in mental health. The journal advocates for delivering high quality clinical care and improvement in mental health services, and is committed to keeping the field of mental health vibrant and relevant by publishing research on novel topics. Particular strengths and unique features of the Journal include a focus on Clinical Psychiatry, Youth Mental Health and the History of Psychiatry, with regular features and special issues devoted to these topics. The Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine publishes research papers, short reports, review papers, editorials, case reports, historical papers, perspective pieces and book reviews. There are four editions published per year, for which rapid peer review process and publication is considered a priority. The journal regularly publishes special themed editions guest edited by internationally respected academics in a particular research field. With a progressive focus, the journal provides important reading for clinicians, researchers, policymakers and all professionals with an interest in mental health.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Applied Psychology	1999	Q4
Applied Psychology	2000	Q4
Applied Psychology	2001	Q4
Applied Psychology	2002	Q4
Applied Psychology	2003	Q4
Applied Psychology	2004	Q4
Applied Psychology	2005	Q4
Applied Psychology	2006	Q4
Applied Psychology	2007	Q4
Applied Psychology	2008	Q4
Applied Psychology	2009	Q4
Applied Psychology	2010	Q4
Applied Psychology	2011	Q4
Applied Psychology	2012	Q4
Applied Psychology	2013	Q4
Applied Psychology	2014	Q4
Applied Psychology	2015	Q4
Applied Psychology	2016	Q4
Applied Psychology	2017	Q4
Applied Psychology	2018	Q3
Applied Psychology	2019	Q4
Applied Psychology	2020	Q3
Applied Psychology	2021	Q2
Applied Psychology	2022	Q2
Applied Psychology	2023	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	1999	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2000	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2001	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2002	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2003	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2004	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2005	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2006	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2007	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2008	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2009	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2010	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2011	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2012	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2013	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2014	Q4
History and Philosophy of Science	2015	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2016	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2017	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2018	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2019	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2020	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2021	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2022	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2023	Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health	1999	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2000	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2001	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2002	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2003	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2004	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2005	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2006	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2007	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2008	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2009	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2010	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2011	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2012	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2013	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2014	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2015	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2016	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2017	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2018	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2019	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2020	Q3
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2021	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2022	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.133
2000	0.149
2001	0.184
2002	0.158
2003	0.165
2004	0.227
2005	0.154
2006	0.137
2007	0.139
2008	0.238
2009	0.170
2010	0.142
2011	0.137
2012	0.222
2013	0.175
2014	0.129
2015	0.131
2016	0.194
2017	0.221
2018	0.285
2019	0.240
2020	0.374
2021	0.793
2022	0.942
2023	1.035

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	44
2000	42
2001	39
2002	41
2003	40
2004	38
2005	39
2006	47
2007	43
2008	39
2009	51
2010	60
2011	66
2012	38
2013	34
2014	57
2015	28
2016	34
2017	42
2018	50
2019	42
2020	60
2021	68
2022	66
2023	111

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.112
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.215
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.186
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.193
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.163
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.290
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.203
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.209
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.189
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.335
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.250
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.289
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.228
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.356
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.237
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.167
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.138
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.312
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.405
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.491
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.734
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.851
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	3.093
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	3.550
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.941
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.112
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.237
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.183
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.184
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.180
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.300
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.160
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.197
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.177
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.333
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.225
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.263
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.220
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.356
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.220
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.174
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.163
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.353
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.420
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.567
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.595
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.888
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	3.743
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	4.141
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	3.263
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.074
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.220
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.163
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.185
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.198
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.179
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.195
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.105
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.267
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.207
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.244
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.180
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.341
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.163
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.278
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.154
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.376
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.403
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.395
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.652
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.033
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	4.843
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	5.008
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.791

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	5
Self Cites	2000	9
Self Cites	2001	6
Self Cites	2002	6
Self Cites	2003	4
Self Cites	2004	15
Self Cites	2005	3
Self Cites	2006	9
Self Cites	2007	3
Self Cites	2008	17
Self Cites	2009	12
Self Cites	2010	15
Self Cites	2011	10
Self Cites	2012	36
Self Cites	2013	6
Self Cites	2014	9
Self Cites	2015	5
Self Cites	2016	5
Self Cites	2017	8
Self Cites	2018	6
Self Cites	2019	2
Self Cites	2020	6
Self Cites	2021	20
Self Cites	2022	8
Self Cites	2023	34
Total Cites	1999	19
Total Cites	2000	36
Total Cites	2001	26
Total Cites	2002	23
Total Cites	2003	22
Total Cites	2004	36
Total Cites	2005	19
Total Cites	2006	23
Total Cites	2007	22
Total Cites	2008	43
Total Cites	2009	29
Total Cites	2010	35
Total Cites	2011	33
Total Cites	2012	63
Total Cites	2013	36
Total Cites	2014	24
Total Cites	2015	21
Total Cites	2016	42
Total Cites	2017	50
Total Cites	2018	59
Total Cites	2019	75
Total Cites	2020	119
Total Cites	2021	569
Total Cites	2022	704
Total Cites	2023	633

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.082
External Cites per document	2000	0.178
External Cites per document	2001	0.141
External Cites per document	2002	0.136
External Cites per document	2003	0.148
External Cites per document	2004	0.175
External Cites per document	2005	0.134
External Cites per document	2006	0.120
External Cites per document	2007	0.153
External Cites per document	2008	0.202
External Cites per document	2009	0.132
External Cites per document	2010	0.150
External Cites per document	2011	0.153
External Cites per document	2012	0.153
External Cites per document	2013	0.183
External Cites per document	2014	0.109
External Cites per document	2015	0.124
External Cites per document	2016	0.311
External Cites per document	2017	0.353
External Cites per document	2018	0.510
External Cites per document	2019	0.579
External Cites per document	2020	0.843
External Cites per document	2021	3.612
External Cites per document	2022	4.094
External Cites per document	2023	3.088
Cites per document	1999	0.112
Cites per document	2000	0.237
Cites per document	2001	0.183
Cites per document	2002	0.184
Cites per document	2003	0.180
Cites per document	2004	0.300
Cites per document	2005	0.160
Cites per document	2006	0.197
Cites per document	2007	0.177
Cites per document	2008	0.333
Cites per document	2009	0.225
Cites per document	2010	0.263
Cites per document	2011	0.220
Cites per document	2012	0.356
Cites per document	2013	0.220
Cites per document	2014	0.174
Cites per document	2015	0.163
Cites per document	2016	0.353
Cites per document	2017	0.420
Cites per document	2018	0.567
Cites per document	2019	0.595
Cites per document	2020	0.888
Cites per document	2021	3.743
Cites per document	2022	4.141
Cites per document	2023	3.263

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	20.45
2000	19.05
2001	12.82
2002	7.32
2003	10.00
2004	10.53
2005	15.38
2006	19.15
2007	9.30
2008	7.69
2009	1.96
2010	6.67
2011	13.64
2012	13.16
2013	11.76
2014	12.28
2015	14.29
2016	17.65
2017	16.67
2018	28.00
2019	16.67
2020	11.67
2021	22.06
2022	18.18
2023	12.61

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	38
Non-citable documents	2000	37
Non-citable documents	2001	44
Non-citable documents	2002	34
Non-citable documents	2003	37
Non-citable documents	2004	35
Non-citable documents	2005	34
Non-citable documents	2006	30
Non-citable documents	2007	33
Non-citable documents	2008	34
Non-citable documents	2009	37
Non-citable documents	2010	35
Non-citable documents	2011	42
Non-citable documents	2012	40
Non-citable documents	2013	34
Non-citable documents	2014	20
Non-citable documents	2015	19
Non-citable documents	2016	17
Non-citable documents	2017	19
Non-citable documents	2018	18
Non-citable documents	2019	18
Non-citable documents	2020	20
Non-citable documents	2021	19
Non-citable documents	2022	24
Non-citable documents	2023	27
Citable documents	1999	132
Citable documents	2000	115
Citable documents	2001	98
Citable documents	2002	91
Citable documents	2003	85
Citable documents	2004	85
Citable documents	2005	85
Citable documents	2006	87
Citable documents	2007	91
Citable documents	2008	95
Citable documents	2009	92
Citable documents	2010	98
Citable documents	2011	108
Citable documents	2012	137
Citable documents	2013	130
Citable documents	2014	118
Citable documents	2015	110
Citable documents	2016	102
Citable documents	2017	100
Citable documents	2018	86
Citable documents	2019	108
Citable documents	2020	114
Citable documents	2021	133
Citable documents	2022	146
Citable documents	2023	167

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	152
Uncited documents	2000	124
Uncited documents	2001	121
Uncited documents	2002	108
Uncited documents	2003	104
Uncited documents	2004	92
Uncited documents	2005	102
Uncited documents	2006	99
Uncited documents	2007	106
Uncited documents	2008	97
Uncited documents	2009	107
Uncited documents	2010	106
Uncited documents	2011	124
Uncited documents	2012	127
Uncited documents	2013	139
Uncited documents	2014	116
Uncited documents	2015	111
Uncited documents	2016	91
Uncited documents	2017	94
Uncited documents	2018	73
Uncited documents	2019	85
Uncited documents	2020	80
Uncited documents	2021	62
Uncited documents	2022	67
Uncited documents	2023	82
Cited documents	1999	18
Cited documents	2000	28
Cited documents	2001	21
Cited documents	2002	17
Cited documents	2003	18
Cited documents	2004	28
Cited documents	2005	17
Cited documents	2006	18
Cited documents	2007	18
Cited documents	2008	32
Cited documents	2009	22
Cited documents	2010	27
Cited documents	2011	26
Cited documents	2012	50
Cited documents	2013	25
Cited documents	2014	22
Cited documents	2015	18
Cited documents	2016	28
Cited documents	2017	25
Cited documents	2018	31
Cited documents	2019	41
Cited documents	2020	54
Cited documents	2021	90
Cited documents	2022	103
Cited documents	2023	112