Genomic Psychiatry: Transforming Mental Health from Genes to Practice is set to rapidly become a top journal, advancing the science of mental health by connecting genetic research with broader implications. We publish peer-reviewed studies across genomics, neuroscience, pharmacology, imaging, and psychiatry, redefining how we understand and approach psychiatric disorders. From genetic markers to personalized medicine, our work pushes the boundaries of scientific discovery, touching on aspects that could eventually enhance people's lives. We cultivate an environment where cutting-edge science meets practical insights, spanning from psychiatric genetics to public health strategies, aiming to shape the future landscape of mental health science.
Julio Licinio, MD, PhD, MBA, MS, is a renowned psychiatrist and an internationally recognized research leader in neuroscience, stress, pharmacogenomics, microbiome, and depression. He is the inaugural Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of Genomic Psychiatry.
Dr. Licinio is a board-certified psychiatrist by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAAHMS). Dr. Licinio has published 327 research papers listed in Pubmed. His work has been cited 42,166 times, and his h-index is 90.
In his career spanning over 30 years, Dr. Licinio has founded and led four journals from inception to full indexing and high impact. He has edited and published 44 articles by 9 Nobel Prize laureates in the last seven years alone, including 19 by the late Nobel laureate Paul Greengard. Dr. Licinio is a seasoned Editor-in-Chief, having raised the impact factor and rankings of the first journal he launched, which went from non-existent to number 1 worldwide in just 13 years.
Our Editorial Board has eminent international experts. Confirmed members of the Editorial Board include:
Huda Akil, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Ole A. Andreassen, University of Oslo, 0318 Oslo, Norway
Bernhard Baune, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
Stefan R. Bornstein, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Kristen Brennand, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Avshalom Caspi, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Moses Chao, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
Claude Robert Cloninger, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Ian Deary, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, Scotland, UK
Yogesh Dwivedi, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birminagm, Alabama 35294, USA
Janice Fullerton, Neuroscience Research Australia and University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
Fred H. Gage, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
Samuel E. Gandy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029-5674, USA
Patricia Gaspar, INSERM Paris Brain Institute, Hôpital Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
Anthony A. Grace, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
Todd D. Gould, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Raquel E. Gur, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Jan-Åke Gustafsson, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
Sir John Hardy, University College London Dementia Research Institute, London, WC1E 6B, UK
Noboru Hiroi, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA
Yasmin Hurd, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA
Siegfried Kasper, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Kenneth S. Kendler, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
Lorenzo Leggio, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Xin-Yun Lu, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA
Robert Malenka, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Andrew McIntosh, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH10 5HF, Scotland, UK,
Maria Oquendo, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Sir Michael Owen, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, Wales, UK
Aarno Palotie, Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Carlos N. Pato, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Michele Pato, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Mary L. Phillips, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Robert Plomin, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, SE5 8AF, UK
Maurizio Popoli, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
John Rubenstein, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA
Carlo Sala, L’ Istituto di Neuroscienze del CNR, Università degli Studi di Milano – Bicocca, 20854 Vedano al Lambro, MB, Italy
Alan F. Schatzberg, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Jair Soares, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77054, USA
Thomas C. Südhof, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Giuseppe Testa, Università degli Studi di Milano, Human Technopole, 20157, Milan, MI, Italy
Gustavo Turecki, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H4H 1R3, Canada
Monica Uddin, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Myrna Weissman, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
Xiangmin Xu, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
Takeo Yoshikawa, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
Mone Zaidi, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA
Genomic Psychiatry: Advancing Science from Genes to Society (Genomic Psychiatry) is a pioneering journal that interweaves groundbreaking advances in psychiatric genomics with major advances in all other areas of contemporary psychiatry. We recognize that the impact of genes in psychiatry is modified by development, environment, and society, while conversely, environmental and societal factors interact with our genetic substrate before their effects are manifested.
The principal aim of Genomic Psychiatry is to interweave groundbreaking advances in psychiatric genomics with major advances in all other areas of contemporary psychiatry. Why is this important? The impact of genes in psychiatry is clearly modified by development, the environment, and society. Conversely, the environment and society interact with our genetic substrate before their effects are manifested. By bringing together, side by side, single contributions and interdisciplinary collaborations from genomics and multiple other fields, Genomic Psychiatry aims to redefine psychiatric science by bringing about a veritable transformation on how we bring together progress in genomics and all other fields to enhance our understanding of psychiatric disorders, from genes to society.
Genomic Psychiatry has a broad scope. As our goal is to interweave genetics with other advances in contemporary psychiatry, we welcome innovative research from in-depth studies of psychiatric genomics to broader investigations of the underpinnings, treatments, outcomes, and consequences of mental health. In addition to the genetic aspects of mental illness, our scope includes advances in neuroscience of potential relevance to mental illness, imaging, psychology, pharmacology, therapeutics, microbiology including the microbiome, immunology, endocrinology, brain stimulation, functional neurosurgery, "big data," computational approaches including AI, epidemiology, and public health initiatives.
Article Types
Genomic Psychiatry accepts 28 different article types to accommodate the full spectrum of psychiatric genomics research and scholarship. From traditional original research articles and comprehensive reviews to innovative formats like data reports, study protocols, and multimedia presentations, we provide authors with the flexibility to choose the format that best suits their work. Complete descriptions of all article types and their requirements are available in our Author Instructions.
Genomic Psychiatry is a fully Open Access journal committed to the immediate, free dissemination of scientific knowledge.
We publish all content under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Articles published prior to June 17, 2025 were published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; however, all new submissions are published under the more permissive CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en). This means:
This Open Access model ensures that research findings reach the widest possible audience, including researchers, clinicians, policymakers, patients, and the general public, thereby maximizing the impact and utility of published work.
Complete information about our Open Access policy is available at https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/genpsych/genpsych-overview.xml/about
Our mission is to push the frontiers of knowledge across the continuum from the genome to society, interweaving progress in genomics with advances in all other areas of psychiatry. Through our discovery and innovation journey, we aim at creating a new, cross-disciplinary, and team-science based narrative for mental health in the genomic era. We are particularly committed to work that is conceptually novel and that has the potential for translational impact.
Genomic Psychiatry values integrity, scientific rigor, ethical standards, and inclusivity. We welcome papers from all countries and all continents and will treat and process each manuscript based exclusively on its content, not on where it comes from.
Genomic Psychiatry publishes high-impact research that consistently receives exceptional attention from both the scientific community and global media. Our articles have been featured in major international news outlets, demonstrating their relevance and importance to global public health and scientific advancement.
Multiple publications in Genomic Psychiatry have achieved extraordinary recognition. For example, our breakthrough study on early infant brain development was covered by major outlets across the United States and Australia, including Fox affiliates, CBS, NBC, and specialized medical and neuroscience news platforms. The research has been indexed across multiple academic search engines and databases, demonstrating its significant impact on the field.
This pattern of extensive media coverage and academic attention firmly establishes Genomic Psychiatry as an important international forum for disseminating critical developments in psychiatric genomics and mental health research. Our content demonstrates substantial real-world impact through extensive media coverage and influence on mental health policy and practice. This strong public engagement complements our commitment to publishing scientifically rigorous research from leading international researchers that addresses pressing questions in psychiatric genomics.
Genomic Psychiatry provides comprehensive metrics for all published articles through our partnership with Altmetric, a leading provider of alternative metrics that track the online attention and engagement surrounding scholarly research.
Altmetric Integration
Every article published in Genomic Psychiatry receives an Altmetric badge that visually represents the online attention it has received. These distinctive, colorful "donuts" appear on all article pages and provide:
This integration complements traditional citation metrics by capturing the immediate societal impact and public engagement with research published in Genomic Psychiatry, demonstrating how our articles contribute to public discourse, policy discussions, and knowledge dissemination beyond the academic community.
Authors can track their article's performance in real-time, and institutions can monitor the broader impact of their researchers' work, making Genomic Psychiatry an attractive venue for researchers seeking maximum visibility and engagement for their findings.
Genomic Psychiatry is guided by an exceptionally distinguished Editorial Board comprising 50 internationally recognized experts in psychiatric genomics, neuroscience, psychiatry, and related fields from prestigious institutions worldwide. Our Editorial Board includes Nobel Prize Laureate Thomas C. Südhof and numerous members of the world's most prestigious scientific academies.
Academy Members and Honors
Our Editorial Board's distinction includes:
This broad, diverse, and highly accomplished group represents institutions including Stanford University, Yale University, University of Michigan, Duke University, University of Edinburgh, University College London, INSERM Paris, University of Oslo, and many other world-renowned research centers across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
The exceptional caliber of our Editorial Board ensures comprehensive expertise across the entire spectrum of psychiatric genomics and related disciplines, from molecular genetics to clinical psychiatry and public health. This global network of leading researchers helps Genomic Psychiatry attract high-quality submissions from around the world and provides expert peer review across all areas of psychiatric genomics and mental health research.
The complete list of Editorial Board members and their affiliations is available at https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/genpsych/genpsych-overview.xml?journal-tabs-desktop=Editorial+Board
Peer review stands as the foundational pillar of the scientific evaluation process, extensively employed in the assessment of research funding (grants) and research outcomes (papers). Our unwavering commitment resides in upholding the integrity of the editorial process, which rests upon an impartial peer review system.
Genomic Psychiatry adheres to the traditional single-blind peer review format, which is the most widely used. In this process, reviewers know the authors' identities, but authors do not know their reviewers' identities. This approach helps reviewers make informed assessments while protecting reviewer anonymity.
Every submission to Genomic Psychiatry, encompassing original research, reviews, correspondence, and all manuscript genres, will invariably undergo external evaluation via single-blind peer review. The only exception to the peer review process consists of purely informational material, such as news and editorials, which are explicitly identified as such.
Review Timeline
We are committed to providing timely peer review while maintaining rigorous standards. Authors can typically expect initial editorial decisions within 2-4 weeks of submission. This efficient review process ensures that important research reaches the scientific community promptly while maintaining the thoroughness necessary for high-quality peer review. The total average time from submission to publication is 45 days for Genomic Psychiatry.
To ensure the global diversity of Genomic Psychiatry, each submission is typically sent to eight experts, strategically selected to avoid concentration in any single country. Our editorial decisions aim to be grounded in at least three reviews, although if only two reviews are available, they will be considered in the decision-making process.
At Genomic Psychiatry, scientific integrity is our cornerstone. We uphold the highest standards of scientific excellence through complete transparency and uncompromising honesty. As part of our commitment to publication ethics:
Ethical Guidelines
Complete information about our plagiarism screening policy is available at https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/genpsych/genpsych-overview.xml/about
Misconduct Investigation
We take potential misconduct seriously while recognizing the limitations of a journal's role in such matters. When concerns about potential misconduct arise, our approach is measured and procedural:
This balanced approach respects both the need for scientific integrity and the appropriate roles of journals versus research institutions in addressing misconduct concerns.
Publication Corrections
When correcting the published record, we take a contextual approach:
While we largely align with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines, we maintain flexibility to take different approaches when circumstances require. This may involve communicating with authors' institutions, funders, or other relevant oversight bodies to enable thorough investigations.
Authors who wish to appeal editorial decisions or lodge complaints about the peer review process should follow these procedures:
To promote transparency and reproducibility in research:
We encourage scholarly discourse and maintain the integrity of the published record:
Print Edition
Online Edition
Genomic Psychiatry began with Early Online Release articles in January 2024, followed by our first formal print issue in January 2025. We have maintained our bi-monthly publication schedule with the January, March, and May 2025 issues already published and our July 2025 issue currently in production. Articles are made available online immediately upon final acceptance and production, with our content accessible through our dedicated website in an Open Access format.
Genomic Psychiatry is registered with Crossref, providing all publications with searchable DOI links. Our DOI prefix is 10.61373.
The journal is indexed with the US Library of Congress, Scilit, and Google Scholar, ensuring our published research receives broad visibility in academic searches.
The journal has been assigned NLM ID 9919033201306676 and is listed in the NLM catalog, demonstrating our commitment to meeting MEDLINE standards.
PubMed Central Compliance
Genomic Psychiatry supports authors in meeting funder mandates for public access. While we are actively pursuing full MEDLINE/PubMed indexing, authors can currently deposit their accepted manuscripts in PubMed Central (PMC) to comply with NIH and other funding agency requirements. Successfully deposited manuscripts appear in PubMed with the designation "Author Manuscript" and receive PubMed IDs (PMIDs). For example, PMID 40469939 represents a Genomic Psychiatry article currently accessible through this mechanism.
As a scholarly-driven publication, we are actively pursuing indexing in additional respected databases, including Medline/PubMed/Index Medicus, Scopus, Embase, and Clarivate (including Emerging Sources Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports and Web of Science). We are implementing an indexing strategy that will lead to inclusion in these platforms upon meeting their requirements, making prior submissions accessible retrospectively through those databases. We are taking all necessary measures to meet MEDLINE selection criteria and anticipate applying for full indexing in the near future.
Genomic Psychiatry is committed to ensuring permanent access to all published research through our partnership with Portico, a leading digital preservation service. We have recently deposited all our published issues with Portico, guaranteeing that our content will remain accessible to the scholarly community for generations to come.
About Portico
Portico is a community-supported digital preservation service that has been safeguarding scholarly content since 2005. As part of ITHAKA---a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding access to knowledge and education worldwide---Portico serves as a trusted guardian of digital scholarship for over 1,000 publishers and 1,000 libraries globally.
Key features of Portico preservation:
This comprehensive preservation strategy demonstrates our commitment to the long-term stewardship of the research we publish, ensuring that the important work appearing in Genomic Psychiatry will continue to contribute to scientific progress for decades to come.
Genomic Psychiatry maintains clear copyright and licensing policies that are accessible to all authors and readers. All published articles clearly indicate the copyright holder. As an Open Access journal, we publish content under a Creative Commons license, with specific terms clearly stated on each published article in both HTML and PDF formats.
Our website provides detailed author guidelines that include complete information about our copyright policies, licensing terms, and any requirements regarding the posting of final accepted versions or published articles on third-party repositories. Complete information about our copyright and licensing policies is available at https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/genpsych/genpsych-overview.xml/about
Genomic Psychiatry operates on an Article Processing Charge (APC) business model, with all revenue generated through these publication fees. Our APC structure provides the financial foundation for our high-quality peer review, production, and publication processes while maintaining our Open Access status.
Complete information regarding our APC rates is clearly stated on our website in a location that is easily accessible to potential authors prior to manuscript submission. We maintain full transparency about our funding model to ensure authors understand the costs associated with publication. Information about publication fees is available at https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/genpsych/genpsych-overview.xml/about
The academic and scholarly event announcements from non-profit organizations that appear in our journal are either provided at cost or offered free of charge as a service to the academic community. These announcements do not constitute a significant revenue source and are primarily included as a service to our readership.
Genomic Psychiatry maintains a restricted advertising policy that only accepts announcements from non-profit organizations for academic and scholarly events. We do not accept any commercial advertising. This selective approach ensures that any advertisements appearing on our website or in our publications are directly relevant to our academic audience and aligned with our scholarly mission. All such non-profit academic announcements are clearly distinguished from editorial content and are not related in any way to editorial decision-making. Our advertising policy is publicly available on our website to ensure complete transparency.
Genomic Psychiatry is published by Genomic Press, a specialized academic publisher focused on advancing open scientific communication in medicine and biosciences. Complete information about our ownership structure and management team is available on our website.
Editorial Office: Complete contact information for editorial inquiries is available on our website.
Author Guidelines: Detailed submission requirements, article type descriptions, and formatting instructions are available in our comprehensive Author Instructions.
Manuscript Submission: All manuscripts should be submitted through our online Submission Portal.
For general correspondence and additional information, please visit our website or contact our editorial office directly at support@genomicpress.com.
Genomic Psychiatry maintains ethical standards in all marketing and solicitation activities:
The unique strengths and advantages of publishing your research in Genomic Psychiatry include rapid and personalized review, global dissemination of your work, press releases leading to worldwide access, fair cost, and a dedicated but broad focus on cutting-edge research in multiple areas, highlighting advances in genomics in the context of progress in multiple other areas.
In today's digital landscape, scientific communication extends far beyond traditional academic channels. At Genomic Psychiatry, we have developed a proven strategy that has generated over 500 news stories in more than 10 languages within our first two months of publication. Our comprehensive approach ensures your work achieves maximum visibility while maintaining rigorous scientific integrity.
All newsworthy articles published in Genomic Psychiatry are distributed through EurekAlert!, the world's leading science news service operated by AAAS. EurekAlert! has specific eligibility guidelines that news releases must meet to be accepted and hosted on their platform. Rest assured that Genomic Press will cover all submission fees associated with your press release. However, please note that payment of these fees does not guarantee acceptance by EurekAlert!
Genomic Press’ recent success stories through EurekAlert! demonstrate the power of this approach:
Each newsworthy paper receives coverage through:
We leverage various social media platforms strategically:
Beyond EurekAlert!, our press office maximizes impact through:
The success of our approach is evident in the rapid global uptake of research published in Genomic Psychiatry. At Genomic Press, our goal is not simply to publicize your research, but to foster meaningful engagement within both academic circles and the broader scientific community, as demonstrated by our achievement of over 500 media stories across multiple languages in our first two months.
Julio Licinio, MD, PhD, MBA, MS, is a renowned psychiatrist and an internationally recognized research leader in neuroscience, stress, pharmacogenomics, microbiome, and depression. He is the inaugural Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of Genomic Psychiatry.
Dr. Licinio is a board-certified psychiatrist by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAAHMS). Dr. Licinio has published 327 research papers listed in Pubmed. His work has been cited 42,166 times, and his h-index is 90.
In his career spanning over 30 years, Dr. Licinio has founded and led four journals from inception to full indexing and high impact. He has edited and published 44 articles by 9 Nobel Prize laureates in the last seven years alone, including 19 by the late Nobel laureate Paul Greengard. Dr. Licinio is a seasoned Editor-in-Chief, having raised the impact factor and rankings of the first journal he launched, which went from non-existent to number 1 worldwide in just 13 years.
Our Editorial Board has eminent international experts. Confirmed members of the Editorial Board include:
Huda Akil, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Ole A. Andreassen, University of Oslo, 0318 Oslo, Norway
Bernhard Baune, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
Stefan R. Bornstein, TUD Dresden University of Technology, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Kristen Brennand, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Avshalom Caspi, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Moses Chao, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
Claude Robert Cloninger, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Ian Deary, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, Scotland, UK
Yogesh Dwivedi, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birminagm, Alabama 35294, USA
Janice Fullerton, Neuroscience Research Australia and University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
Fred H. Gage, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
Samuel E. Gandy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029-5674, USA
Patricia Gaspar, INSERM Paris Brain Institute, Hôpital Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
Anthony A. Grace, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
Todd D. Gould, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Raquel E. Gur, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Jan-Åke Gustafsson, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
Sir John Hardy, University College London Dementia Research Institute, London, WC1E 6B, UK
Noboru Hiroi, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA
Yasmin Hurd, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA
Siegfried Kasper, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Kenneth S. Kendler, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
Lorenzo Leggio, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Xin-Yun Lu, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA
Robert Malenka, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Andrew McIntosh, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH10 5HF, Scotland, UK,
Maria Oquendo, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Sir Michael Owen, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, Wales, UK
Aarno Palotie, Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Carlos N. Pato, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Michele Pato, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Mary L. Phillips, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Robert Plomin, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, SE5 8AF, UK
Maurizio Popoli, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
John Rubenstein, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA
Carlo Sala, L’ Istituto di Neuroscienze del CNR, Università degli Studi di Milano – Bicocca, 20854 Vedano al Lambro, MB, Italy
Alan F. Schatzberg, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Jair Soares, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77054, USA
Thomas C. Südhof, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Giuseppe Testa, Università degli Studi di Milano, Human Technopole, 20157, Milan, MI, Italy
Gustavo Turecki, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H4H 1R3, Canada
Monica Uddin, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Myrna Weissman, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
Xiangmin Xu, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
Takeo Yoshikawa, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
Mone Zaidi, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA
Genomic Psychiatry: Advancing Science from Genes to Society (Genomic Psychiatry) is a pioneering journal that interweaves groundbreaking advances in psychiatric genomics with major advances in all other areas of contemporary psychiatry. We recognize that the impact of genes in psychiatry is modified by development, environment, and society, while conversely, environmental and societal factors interact with our genetic substrate before their effects are manifested.
The principal aim of Genomic Psychiatry is to interweave groundbreaking advances in psychiatric genomics with major advances in all other areas of contemporary psychiatry. Why is this important? The impact of genes in psychiatry is clearly modified by development, the environment, and society. Conversely, the environment and society interact with our genetic substrate before their effects are manifested. By bringing together, side by side, single contributions and interdisciplinary collaborations from genomics and multiple other fields, Genomic Psychiatry aims to redefine psychiatric science by bringing about a veritable transformation on how we bring together progress in genomics and all other fields to enhance our understanding of psychiatric disorders, from genes to society.
Genomic Psychiatry has a broad scope. As our goal is to interweave genetics with other advances in contemporary psychiatry, we welcome innovative research from in-depth studies of psychiatric genomics to broader investigations of the underpinnings, treatments, outcomes, and consequences of mental health. In addition to the genetic aspects of mental illness, our scope includes advances in neuroscience of potential relevance to mental illness, imaging, psychology, pharmacology, therapeutics, microbiology including the microbiome, immunology, endocrinology, brain stimulation, functional neurosurgery, "big data," computational approaches including AI, epidemiology, and public health initiatives.
Article Types
Genomic Psychiatry accepts 28 different article types to accommodate the full spectrum of psychiatric genomics research and scholarship. From traditional original research articles and comprehensive reviews to innovative formats like data reports, study protocols, and multimedia presentations, we provide authors with the flexibility to choose the format that best suits their work. Complete descriptions of all article types and their requirements are available in our Author Instructions.
Genomic Psychiatry is a fully Open Access journal committed to the immediate, free dissemination of scientific knowledge.
We publish all content under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Articles published prior to June 17, 2025 were published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; however, all new submissions are published under the more permissive CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en). This means:
This Open Access model ensures that research findings reach the widest possible audience, including researchers, clinicians, policymakers, patients, and the general public, thereby maximizing the impact and utility of published work.
Complete information about our Open Access policy is available at https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/genpsych/genpsych-overview.xml/about
Our mission is to push the frontiers of knowledge across the continuum from the genome to society, interweaving progress in genomics with advances in all other areas of psychiatry. Through our discovery and innovation journey, we aim at creating a new, cross-disciplinary, and team-science based narrative for mental health in the genomic era. We are particularly committed to work that is conceptually novel and that has the potential for translational impact.
Genomic Psychiatry values integrity, scientific rigor, ethical standards, and inclusivity. We welcome papers from all countries and all continents and will treat and process each manuscript based exclusively on its content, not on where it comes from.
Genomic Psychiatry publishes high-impact research that consistently receives exceptional attention from both the scientific community and global media. Our articles have been featured in major international news outlets, demonstrating their relevance and importance to global public health and scientific advancement.
Multiple publications in Genomic Psychiatry have achieved extraordinary recognition. For example, our breakthrough study on early infant brain development was covered by major outlets across the United States and Australia, including Fox affiliates, CBS, NBC, and specialized medical and neuroscience news platforms. The research has been indexed across multiple academic search engines and databases, demonstrating its significant impact on the field.
This pattern of extensive media coverage and academic attention firmly establishes Genomic Psychiatry as an important international forum for disseminating critical developments in psychiatric genomics and mental health research. Our content demonstrates substantial real-world impact through extensive media coverage and influence on mental health policy and practice. This strong public engagement complements our commitment to publishing scientifically rigorous research from leading international researchers that addresses pressing questions in psychiatric genomics.
Genomic Psychiatry provides comprehensive metrics for all published articles through our partnership with Altmetric, a leading provider of alternative metrics that track the online attention and engagement surrounding scholarly research.
Altmetric Integration
Every article published in Genomic Psychiatry receives an Altmetric badge that visually represents the online attention it has received. These distinctive, colorful "donuts" appear on all article pages and provide:
This integration complements traditional citation metrics by capturing the immediate societal impact and public engagement with research published in Genomic Psychiatry, demonstrating how our articles contribute to public discourse, policy discussions, and knowledge dissemination beyond the academic community.
Authors can track their article's performance in real-time, and institutions can monitor the broader impact of their researchers' work, making Genomic Psychiatry an attractive venue for researchers seeking maximum visibility and engagement for their findings.
Genomic Psychiatry is guided by an exceptionally distinguished Editorial Board comprising 50 internationally recognized experts in psychiatric genomics, neuroscience, psychiatry, and related fields from prestigious institutions worldwide. Our Editorial Board includes Nobel Prize Laureate Thomas C. Südhof and numerous members of the world's most prestigious scientific academies.
Academy Members and Honors
Our Editorial Board's distinction includes:
This broad, diverse, and highly accomplished group represents institutions including Stanford University, Yale University, University of Michigan, Duke University, University of Edinburgh, University College London, INSERM Paris, University of Oslo, and many other world-renowned research centers across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
The exceptional caliber of our Editorial Board ensures comprehensive expertise across the entire spectrum of psychiatric genomics and related disciplines, from molecular genetics to clinical psychiatry and public health. This global network of leading researchers helps Genomic Psychiatry attract high-quality submissions from around the world and provides expert peer review across all areas of psychiatric genomics and mental health research.
The complete list of Editorial Board members and their affiliations is available at https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/genpsych/genpsych-overview.xml?journal-tabs-desktop=Editorial+Board
Peer review stands as the foundational pillar of the scientific evaluation process, extensively employed in the assessment of research funding (grants) and research outcomes (papers). Our unwavering commitment resides in upholding the integrity of the editorial process, which rests upon an impartial peer review system.
Genomic Psychiatry adheres to the traditional single-blind peer review format, which is the most widely used. In this process, reviewers know the authors' identities, but authors do not know their reviewers' identities. This approach helps reviewers make informed assessments while protecting reviewer anonymity.
Every submission to Genomic Psychiatry, encompassing original research, reviews, correspondence, and all manuscript genres, will invariably undergo external evaluation via single-blind peer review. The only exception to the peer review process consists of purely informational material, such as news and editorials, which are explicitly identified as such.
Review Timeline
We are committed to providing timely peer review while maintaining rigorous standards. Authors can typically expect initial editorial decisions within 2-4 weeks of submission. This efficient review process ensures that important research reaches the scientific community promptly while maintaining the thoroughness necessary for high-quality peer review. The total average time from submission to publication is 45 days for Genomic Psychiatry.
To ensure the global diversity of Genomic Psychiatry, each submission is typically sent to eight experts, strategically selected to avoid concentration in any single country. Our editorial decisions aim to be grounded in at least three reviews, although if only two reviews are available, they will be considered in the decision-making process.
At Genomic Psychiatry, scientific integrity is our cornerstone. We uphold the highest standards of scientific excellence through complete transparency and uncompromising honesty. As part of our commitment to publication ethics:
Ethical Guidelines
Complete information about our plagiarism screening policy is available at https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/genpsych/genpsych-overview.xml/about
Misconduct Investigation
We take potential misconduct seriously while recognizing the limitations of a journal's role in such matters. When concerns about potential misconduct arise, our approach is measured and procedural:
This balanced approach respects both the need for scientific integrity and the appropriate roles of journals versus research institutions in addressing misconduct concerns.
Publication Corrections
When correcting the published record, we take a contextual approach:
While we largely align with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines, we maintain flexibility to take different approaches when circumstances require. This may involve communicating with authors' institutions, funders, or other relevant oversight bodies to enable thorough investigations.
Authors who wish to appeal editorial decisions or lodge complaints about the peer review process should follow these procedures:
To promote transparency and reproducibility in research:
We encourage scholarly discourse and maintain the integrity of the published record:
Print Edition
Online Edition
Genomic Psychiatry began with Early Online Release articles in January 2024, followed by our first formal print issue in January 2025. We have maintained our bi-monthly publication schedule with the January, March, and May 2025 issues already published and our July 2025 issue currently in production. Articles are made available online immediately upon final acceptance and production, with our content accessible through our dedicated website in an Open Access format.
Genomic Psychiatry is registered with Crossref, providing all publications with searchable DOI links. Our DOI prefix is 10.61373.
The journal is indexed with the US Library of Congress, Scilit, and Google Scholar, ensuring our published research receives broad visibility in academic searches.
The journal has been assigned NLM ID 9919033201306676 and is listed in the NLM catalog, demonstrating our commitment to meeting MEDLINE standards.
PubMed Central Compliance
Genomic Psychiatry supports authors in meeting funder mandates for public access. While we are actively pursuing full MEDLINE/PubMed indexing, authors can currently deposit their accepted manuscripts in PubMed Central (PMC) to comply with NIH and other funding agency requirements. Successfully deposited manuscripts appear in PubMed with the designation "Author Manuscript" and receive PubMed IDs (PMIDs). For example, PMID 40469939 represents a Genomic Psychiatry article currently accessible through this mechanism.
As a scholarly-driven publication, we are actively pursuing indexing in additional respected databases, including Medline/PubMed/Index Medicus, Scopus, Embase, and Clarivate (including Emerging Sources Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports and Web of Science). We are implementing an indexing strategy that will lead to inclusion in these platforms upon meeting their requirements, making prior submissions accessible retrospectively through those databases. We are taking all necessary measures to meet MEDLINE selection criteria and anticipate applying for full indexing in the near future.
Genomic Psychiatry is committed to ensuring permanent access to all published research through our partnership with Portico, a leading digital preservation service. We have recently deposited all our published issues with Portico, guaranteeing that our content will remain accessible to the scholarly community for generations to come.
About Portico
Portico is a community-supported digital preservation service that has been safeguarding scholarly content since 2005. As part of ITHAKA---a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding access to knowledge and education worldwide---Portico serves as a trusted guardian of digital scholarship for over 1,000 publishers and 1,000 libraries globally.
Key features of Portico preservation:
This comprehensive preservation strategy demonstrates our commitment to the long-term stewardship of the research we publish, ensuring that the important work appearing in Genomic Psychiatry will continue to contribute to scientific progress for decades to come.
Genomic Psychiatry maintains clear copyright and licensing policies that are accessible to all authors and readers. All published articles clearly indicate the copyright holder. As an Open Access journal, we publish content under a Creative Commons license, with specific terms clearly stated on each published article in both HTML and PDF formats.
Our website provides detailed author guidelines that include complete information about our copyright policies, licensing terms, and any requirements regarding the posting of final accepted versions or published articles on third-party repositories. Complete information about our copyright and licensing policies is available at https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/genpsych/genpsych-overview.xml/about
Genomic Psychiatry operates on an Article Processing Charge (APC) business model, with all revenue generated through these publication fees. Our APC structure provides the financial foundation for our high-quality peer review, production, and publication processes while maintaining our Open Access status.
Complete information regarding our APC rates is clearly stated on our website in a location that is easily accessible to potential authors prior to manuscript submission. We maintain full transparency about our funding model to ensure authors understand the costs associated with publication. Information about publication fees is available at https://genomicpress.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/genpsych/genpsych-overview.xml/about
The academic and scholarly event announcements from non-profit organizations that appear in our journal are either provided at cost or offered free of charge as a service to the academic community. These announcements do not constitute a significant revenue source and are primarily included as a service to our readership.
Genomic Psychiatry maintains a restricted advertising policy that only accepts announcements from non-profit organizations for academic and scholarly events. We do not accept any commercial advertising. This selective approach ensures that any advertisements appearing on our website or in our publications are directly relevant to our academic audience and aligned with our scholarly mission. All such non-profit academic announcements are clearly distinguished from editorial content and are not related in any way to editorial decision-making. Our advertising policy is publicly available on our website to ensure complete transparency.
Genomic Psychiatry is published by Genomic Press, a specialized academic publisher focused on advancing open scientific communication in medicine and biosciences. Complete information about our ownership structure and management team is available on our website.
Editorial Office: Complete contact information for editorial inquiries is available on our website.
Author Guidelines: Detailed submission requirements, article type descriptions, and formatting instructions are available in our comprehensive Author Instructions.
Manuscript Submission: All manuscripts should be submitted through our online Submission Portal.
For general correspondence and additional information, please visit our website or contact our editorial office directly at support@genomicpress.com.
Genomic Psychiatry maintains ethical standards in all marketing and solicitation activities:
The unique strengths and advantages of publishing your research in Genomic Psychiatry include rapid and personalized review, global dissemination of your work, press releases leading to worldwide access, fair cost, and a dedicated but broad focus on cutting-edge research in multiple areas, highlighting advances in genomics in the context of progress in multiple other areas.
In today's digital landscape, scientific communication extends far beyond traditional academic channels. At Genomic Psychiatry, we have developed a proven strategy that has generated over 500 news stories in more than 10 languages within our first two months of publication. Our comprehensive approach ensures your work achieves maximum visibility while maintaining rigorous scientific integrity.
All newsworthy articles published in Genomic Psychiatry are distributed through EurekAlert!, the world's leading science news service operated by AAAS. EurekAlert! has specific eligibility guidelines that news releases must meet to be accepted and hosted on their platform. Rest assured that Genomic Press will cover all submission fees associated with your press release. However, please note that payment of these fees does not guarantee acceptance by EurekAlert!
Genomic Press’ recent success stories through EurekAlert! demonstrate the power of this approach:
Each newsworthy paper receives coverage through:
We leverage various social media platforms strategically:
Beyond EurekAlert!, our press office maximizes impact through:
The success of our approach is evident in the rapid global uptake of research published in Genomic Psychiatry. At Genomic Press, our goal is not simply to publicize your research, but to foster meaningful engagement within both academic circles and the broader scientific community, as demonstrated by our achievement of over 500 media stories across multiple languages in our first two months.