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Aims and scope

Aims and scope

Middle East Current Psychiatry (MECP), the official journal of The Okasha Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, is one of the Middle East’s leading psychiatric open access peer-reviewed journals. The journal publishes articles of exceptional interest in all areas of psychiatry, with a dedicated focus on clinical and experimental research. MECP aims to advance modern research in the Middle East by publishing innovative research on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. The journal acts as an international forum for the dissemination of information. MECP publishes research, reviews, debate articles, commentaries and case reports.

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 1.5
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: N/A
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.690
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.509

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 6
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 51

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 537,807
    Altmetric mentions: 151