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Manuscript and Letter Submission
If your manuscript fits within the scope of the journal, we encourage you to submit. Acceptance is contingent on favorable peer review.
Our user-friendly electronic manuscript submission and peer review system allows you to submit your manuscript online securely, conveniently, and instantly. Authors can track the progress of their manuscripts from submission to publication. Assistance is available via e-mail if needed.
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Journal Statistics and Impact Information (updated October 2007)
Journal Statistics
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Acceptance rate |
31% |
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No. of articles published per issue |
Mean=14, range=13–16 |
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Submission-to–first decision time (mean) |
41 days |
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Submission-to–final decision time (mean) |
52 days |
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Submission-to-acceptance time (estimated average) |
4 months |
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Acceptance-to-publication time |
Mean=6 months |
Impact Information
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry continues to be ranked in the top ten of the most cited psychiatric journals in the world—and as the #1 clinical psychiatry journal—with an IF of 5.799. Moreover, the Journal is ranked as the world’s fourth most important psychiatric journal, with an Eigenfactor™ score of 0.03655 (December 2011, Journal Citation Reports). The Journal mails to about 34,690 recipients, and over 20,000 allied mental health professionals have requested daily receipt of informational e-mails about our journals and Web CME activities.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry is the official journal of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology. The ASCP was founded in 1992, and its membership includes clinicians and researchers who study the use of pharmacology in clinical practice.
Publication Fees
Submission Fee
A submission fee of $30 is required to submit articles and letters. Processing of this fee is automated through the submission system and is payable via credit card or check. If problems occur or you have any questions, contact jclinpsych@psychiatrist.com for assistance.
Free Access
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (JCP) offers authors of accepted articles and letters the opportunity to make their article freely available to nonsubscribers on JCP’s Web site, PSYCHIATRIST.COM. The charge for this service is $2,500 and is payable by check or credit card. Authors are provided this option at the time of acceptance.
Your article reaches 36,000 readers of the print journal, but the JCP Web site attracts over 200,000 visitors each month, most of whom are nonsubscribers who must pay a fee to read an entire article online. The option of financial sponsorship allows you to provide each Web visitor unrestricted access to your HTML article, thereby increasing its potential audience nearly sixfold. To further expand your article’s visibility, an e-mail announcement of its Free status will be sent to over 35,000 JCP E-Lert requestors.
Submission of payment signifies your agreement to the Terms and Conditions for copyrighted work.
Authorship / Copyright / Disclosure / Acknowledgment Form
See the form in PDF format. At the time of article submission, each author must submit a form incorporating 4 statements: (1) authorship, (2) copyright transfer or federal employment, and (3) financial or other relationships that might pose a conflict of interest. The corresponding author must sign (4) the Acknowledgment statement. This form can be mailed to Physicians Postgraduate Press, P.O. Box 752870, Memphis, TN 38175-2870, faxed to the Production Coordinator at 901-273-2752, or scanned and uploaded during the electronic submission process.
Quick-Reference Checklist for Manuscript Submission
See the checklist.
Guidelines for Authors on Manuscript Preparation and Submission
See the guidelines.
Reprints
Corresponding authors receive a complimentary copy of the issue in which their article or letter appears and are sent a reprint order form at the time their article is published. Authors can also order single copies of articles or back issues, as well as larger quantities of high-quality photocopies or reprints. Learn more about reprints.
Terms and Conditions
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Permissions
For permission to use the work in whole or part, follow these steps:
- Requests for permission to publish may be submitted by regular mail, fax, or e-mail.
- Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
Attn: Permissions Editor
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Memphis, TN 38120
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- Permission is not granted to place the full text of The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry or The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders articles on other Web sites.
Information Required for a Permissions Request
- Requestor’s Information:
- Person’s name, title, address, telephone, fax, and e-mail
- Company’s name and postal address
- Article Information:
- Article title
- First bylined author
- Volume number and issue dates
- Page range of article
- The copyrighted item to be used from the article, ie, the specific chart, table, figure, graph, or other illustration, abstract, quote, or full article
- Intended Use of the Requested Item:
- Title of the work in which the item is to appear
- Author/editor/compiler
- Publisher, with full address
- Edition number
- Publication year
- Approximate press run of work
- Form of reproduction (print, online, language)
- Sponsorship, funding, or retail price (if a book)
- Intended audience(s)
Clinical Trials Registration Information
See the clinical trials registration information in our Guidelines for Authors on Manuscript Preparation and Submission.
Embargo Policy
Articles are embargoed until they are published online at PSYCHIATRIST.COM. Contact .
Helpful Links
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals—Covers ethical principles related to evaluating, improving, and publishing manuscripts, as well as technical aspects of preparing and submitting manuscripts.
- CONSORT Statement—Provides guidelines for improved reporting of clinical trials through the use of a checklist and study flow diagram.
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