Biological Psychiatry, founded in 1969, is an official journal of the Society of Biological Psychiatry and the first in the Biological Psychiatry family of journals. Companion titles include Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging and Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science. The Society's purpose is to promote excellence in scientific research and education in fields that investigate the nature, causes, mechanisms and treatments of disorders of thought, emotion, and behavior. In accord with this mission, this peer-reviewed, rapid-publication, international journal publishes novel results of original basic, translational, and clinical mechanistic research that advances our understanding of psychiatric disorders and their treatment. Reviews and commentaries that focus on topics of current research and interest are also encouraged.

Biological Psychiatry is one of the most selective and highly cited journals in the field of psychiatric neuroscience. The 2022 Impact Factor score for Biological Psychiatry is 10.6. In the 2022 Journal Citation Reports published by Clarivate Analytics, it is ranked 12th out of 155 Psychiatry titles and 17th out of 272 Neurosciences titles, by Impact Factor. By total citations, Biological Psychiatry is ranked 2nd in Psychiatry. It is also the 5th ranked journal in Psychiatry according to Google Scholar (July 2022).

Biological Psychiatry's acceptance rate is less than 10%. The average time from submission to first decision is less than 20 days, with an editorial rejection (reject without peer review) decision issued within 5 days. Accepted articles are published online, prior to copyediting, within one week of final acceptance, with the corrected proof later replacing that version. Articles are generally published in print 6-8 months after acceptance.

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Editor
John H. Krystal, MD
Yale University, School of Medicine and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States Email John H. Krystal, MD
Deputy Editors
Anissa Abi-Dargham, MD
New York, New York, United States
Deanna M. Barch, MD
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Edward T. Bullmore, MB, PhD, FMedSci
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cameron S. Carter, MD
Sacramento, CA, United States
Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Paul J. Harrison, DM, FRCPsych
Oxford, United Kingdom
Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD
New York, NY, United States
Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH
La Jolla CA, United States
Editorial Committee
Dennis S. Charney, MD
New York, NY, United States
David Goldman, MD
Yerevan, MD, Armenia
Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Ex Officio
Ned H. Kalin, MD
Stephen M. Strakowski, MD
Sebastien Rauch
Kelly Schappert
Trey Sunderland, MD
Editorial Board
Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD
New York, NY, United States
Kazufumi Akiyama, MD, PhD
Tochigi, Japan
Amy Arnsten, PhD
New Haven, CT, United States
Mark G. Baxter, PhD
New York, NY, United States
James Blair, PhD
Bethesda, MD, United States
Antonello Bonci, MD
Baltimore, MD, United States
David L. Braff, MD
La Jolla, CA, United States
E. Sherwood Brown, MD, PhD
Dallas, TX, United States
William Carlezon Jr., PhD
Cambridge, MA, United States
Edwin H. Cook, MD
Chicago, IL, United States
Zafiris Jeff Daskalakis, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD
Stanford, CA, United States
Ralph Joseph DiLeone, PhD
New Haven, CT, United States
Ronald Duman, PhD
New Haven, CT, United States
Klaus Ebmeier, MD
Oxford, United Kingdom
Stephen Faraone, PhD
Syracuse, NY, United States
Alex Fornito, PhD
Victoria, Australia
Robert Freedman, MD
Denver, CO, United States
Karl J. Friston, MBBS, MA, MRCPsych
London, United Kingdom
John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD
Cambridge, MA, United States
Joel Gelernter, MD
New Haven, CT, United States
David Goldman, MD
Yerevan, MD, Armenia
Anthony A. Grace, PhD
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Christian Grillon, PhD
Yerevan, MD, Armenia
Ralitza Gueorguieva, PhD
New Haven, CT, United States
Ahmad Hariri, PhD
Durham, NC, United States
Catherine Harmer, DPhil
Oxford, United Kingdom
Markus Heilig, MD, PhD
Stockholm, Sweden
Noboru Hiroi, PhD
New York, NY, United States
Paul Kenny, PhD
New York, NY, United States
Joel Kleinman
Yerevan, MD, Armenia
George F. Koob, PhD
Rockville, MD, United States
Andrew D. Krystal, MD, MS
Durham, NC, United States
Ellen Leibenluft, MD
Bethesda, MD, United States
David A. Lewis, MD
New York, PA, United States
Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD
New York, NY, United States
Richard J. Maddock, MD
Davis, California, United States
Stephen R. Marder, MD
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Graeme F. Mason, PhD
New Haven, CT, United States
Daniel H. Mathalon, MD, PhD
San Francisco, CA, United States
Colleen A. McClung, PhD
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Christopher J. McDougle, MD
Boston, MA, United States
Andrew Mark McIntosh, MD, MRCPsych
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Francis J. McMahon, MD
Bethesda, MD, United States
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, MD, PhD
Mannheim, Germany
Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD
Redwood City, CA, United States
Karoly Mirnics, MD
Nashville, TN, United States
Lisa M. Monteggia, PhD
Dallas, TX, United States
Rajesh Narendran, MD
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Alexander Neumeister, MD
New York, New York, NY, USA
Charles P. O'Brien, MD, PhD
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Michael C. O'Donovan, PhD
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Carmine M. Pariante, MD, PhD, MRCPsych
London, United Kingdom
Martin P. Paulus, MD
La Jolla, CA, United States
Godfrey Pearlson, MD
West Haven, CT, United States
Mary L. Phillips, MD, PhD
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Daniel S. Pine, MD
Bethesda, MD, United States
Mikhail Pletnikov, MD, PhD
Baltimore, MD, United States
J. Daniel Ragland, PhD
Davis, CA, United States
Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD
Atlanta, GA, United States
Trevor W. Robbins, PhD
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
Boston, MA, United States
Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
Seattle, WA, United States
Katya Rubia, PhD
London, United Kingdom
David R. Rubinow, MD
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Scott J. Russo, PhD
New York, NY, USA
Gerard Sanacora, MD, PhD
New Haven, CT, United States
Akira Sawa, MD
Baltimore, MD, United States
Alan F. Schatzberg, MD
Palo Alto, CA, United States
Geoffrey Schoenbaum, MD, PhD
Baltimore, MD, United States
Yavin Shaham, PhD
Bethesda, MD, United States
Larry J. Siever, MD
New York, NY, United States
Dana Small, PhD
New Haven, CT, United States
Matthew W. State, MD, PhD
San Francisco, CA, United States
Trey Sunderland, MD
Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Stephan F. Taylor, MD
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Michael E. Thase, MD
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Bruce I. Turetsky, MD
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Myrna M. Weissman, MD
New York, NY, United States
Rachel Yehuda, PhD
Bronx, NY, United States
Takeo Yoshikawa, MD, PhD
Saitama, Japan
Carlos A. Zarate Jr., MD
Bethesda, MD, United States
Jon-Kar Zubieta, MD, PhD
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Administrative Edtor
Carol A. Tamminga, MD
Dallas TX, USA
S. Rauch
K. Schappert
Managing Editor
Rhiannon M. Bugno
Dallas, TX, USA
Editorial Coordinator
Rosa Garces
Dallas, TX, USA
Sebastien Rauch
Kelly Schappert
Glenda Stroud
Founding Editor
Joseph Wortis, MD
1969-1992
Editor Emeriti
Wagner H. Bridger MD
1992-1997
Richard C. Josiassen PhD
1997
Dennis S. Charney MD
1998-2006