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期刊基本信息
出版周期：双月刊 级别：核心期刊
主管部门：上海市卫生健康委员会
主办单位：上海市精神卫生中心
编辑部：《综合精神医学（英文）》编辑部
中国国内刊号：CN31-2152/R
国际标准刊号：ISSN 2096-5923；EISSN2517-729X
邮发代号：4-951
价格：18元/期
杂志社联系方式
地址：上海市徐汇区宛平南路600号5号楼422室
邮编：200030
电话：021-34773296
刊内微信公众号：General Psychiatry（GeneralPsychiatry）
杂志邮箱：generalpsychiatry@smhc.org.cn
官方网站：https://gpsych.bmj.com/
杂志征稿投稿要求
Instructions for Authors.
General Psychiatry is an open access journal that covers all topics of interest to psychiatrists and other mental health professionals internationally. The journal includes original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses (that, unlike meta-analyses in other journals, pool results from studies published in Chinese and English), forums on topical issues (with commentaries from Chinese and international authors), case reports, research methods in psychiatry, and a unique section on ‘Biostatistics in Psychiatry’. Original articles on basic research, clinical research, community-based studies, and ecological studies are all considered for publication.
General Psychiatry considers manuscripts on the full range of topics relevant to mental health, including research in the basic neurosciences, clinical practice, epidemiology, and health services. We welcome original papers on new research and secondary analyses that report on new aspects of high-quality studies that have been published previously. We also consider systematic reviews, meta-analyses, papers on biostatistical and methodological issues relevant to psychiatry, commentaries, letters about previously published research, and forum pieces that discuss different viewpoints on controversial issues of interest to mental health professionals.
Editorial policy
General Psychiatry adheres to the highest standards concerning its editorial policies on publication ethics, scientific misconduct, consent and peer review criteria. The journal follows guidance produced by bodies that include the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).To view all BMJ Journal policies please refer to the BMJ Author Hub policies page.
We take seriously all possible misconduct. If an Editor, author or reader has concerns that a submitted article describes something that might be considered to constitute misconduct in research, publication or professional behaviour they should forward their concerns to the journal. The publisher will deal with allegations appropriately.
As an open access journal, General Psychiatry adheres to the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access. Articles are published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC or CC-BY) to facilitate reuse of the content and authors retain copyright; please refer to the General Psychiatry Copyright Author Licence Statement.
As the author you may wish to post your article in a PrePrint service, institutional or subject repository or a scientific social sharing network. For more information on author self archiving and rights to reuse content – which are dependent on the licence you have obtained – please refer to the BMJ author self archiving and permissions policies page.
Article publishing charges
General Psychiatry is an open access journal that does not levy an Article Publishing Charge (APC). There are no submission, colour or page charges.
For more information on open access, funder compliance and institutional programmes please refer to the BMJ Author Hub open access page.
Peer review
Articles submitted to General Psychiatry are subject to peer review. General Psychiatry operates double-blind peer review which requires authors to submit an anonymous version of their manuscript file (to be uploaded as the Manuscript File including abstract):
This file should be anonymous and should NOT include:
Any author names (including file path in document footer)
Author institution details
Author contact details
Acknowledgements
Competing interests (if declared)
Ethics approval statements that refer to your institution
Please ensure tracked changes are switched off if previously used; this file will be automatically converted to PDF once uploaded through the online submission system and will be made available to the reviewers
When a paper has been submitted from the Editor, Deputy or Associate Editors’ departments, they have no role in the reviewing or decision making process. This also applies to any Associate Editors who are authors, in which instance the reviewing process is handled by the Editor-in-Chief. For more information on what to expect during the peer review process please refer to BMJ Author Hub – the peer review process.
BMJ requests that all reviewers adhere to a set of basic principles and standards during the peer-review process in research publication; these are based on the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers. Please refer to our peer review terms and conditions policy page.
BMJ is committed to transparency. Every article we publish includes a description of its provenance (commissioned or not commissioned) and whether it was internally or externally peer reviewed.
Plagiarism is the appropriation of the language, ideas or thoughts of another without crediting their true source and representation of them as one’s own original work. BMJ is a member of CrossCheck by CrossRef and iThenticate. iThenticate is a plagiarism screening service that verifies the originality of content submitted before publication. BMJ runs manuscripts through iThenticate during the peer review process. Authors, researchers and freelancers can also use iThenticate to screen their work before submission by visiting www.ithenticate.com.
ORCID
General Psychiatry mandates ORCID iDs for the submitting author at the time of article submission; co-authors and reviewers are strongly encouraged to also connect their ScholarOne accounts to ORCID. We strongly believe that the increased use and integration of ORCID iDs will be beneficial for the whole research community.
Please find more information about ORCID and BMJ’s policy on our Author Hub.
Data Sharing
General Psychiatry adheres to BMJ’s Tier 3 data policy. We strongly encourage that data generated by your research that supports your article be made available as soon as possible, wherever legally and ethically possible. All research articles must contain a Data Availability Statement. For more information and FAQs, please see BMJ’s full Data Sharing Policy page.
Submission guidelines
Please review the below article type specifications including the required article lengths, illustrations, table limits and reference counts. The word count excludes the title page, abstract, tables, acknowledgements, contributions and references. Manuscripts should be as succinct as possible.
All manuscripts published in the journal include a head and shoulders picture of the first author and a 100-200 word biography of the first author. This should be submitted with the manuscript.
All figures and images should have a resolution of at least 300 DPI. More instructions on formatting your figures can be found on the Author Hub.
For further support when making your submission please refer to the resources available on the BMJ Author Hub. Here you will find information on writing and formatting your research through to the peer review process.
If your article is accepted you can take advantage of BMJ’s partnership with Kudos, a free service to help you maximise your article’s reach.
Original Article
Original research papers should follow the basic structure of abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, references, and tables and figures as appropriate. A flowchart for the enrolment and follow-up of subjects in the study is required for all original articles. The flowchart should show the sampling frame from which the subjects were selected, reasons for non-inclusions, and the numbers and reasons subjects drop out during the course of the study. Please include the flowchart as a figure in the submission.
Supplementary and raw data can be placed online separately from the text, and we may request that you separate out some material into supplementary data files to make the main manuscript clearer for readers
Word count: up to 5500 words
Abstract: up to 350 words
Tables/illustrations: up to 5
References: up to 30
Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
These are comprehensive reports on the current state of knowledge about a topic of current theoretical, clinical, or public health significance. Transparency about the material included in systematic reviews is essential, so all reviews should include a flowchart of the search strategy to identify included papers and a separate section in the methods section entitled ‘Search strategy and selection criteria’ stating the sources of the material covered, the search strategy used to identify potential articles, and the criteria used to include or exclude studies. League tables of the characteristics of included studies, and a formal critical appraisal of the quality of each study is desirable.
Additionally, meta-analyses’ need to include a league table with a description of the characteristics of the included studies (sorted by year of publication), forest plots of the main results and (if there are 10 or more included studies) a funnel plot of the distribution of results to identify potential publication bias. These papers also need to include a formal critical appraisal of the quality of the evidence in the included studies; we recommend authors use the GRADE approach (Guyatt GH et al. GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ 2008; 336(7650): 924-926). It is also important to include an assessment of the heterogeneity of the reported results and a sensitivity analysis to identify outlier results.
Authors interested in preparing systematic reviews may contact the Systematic Reviews Editor, Professor Chunbo Li before writing the review to ensure that the topic will be of interest to our readership.
Word count: up to 6500 words
Abstract: up to 250 words
Tables/illustrations: up to 5
References: from 50 to 100
Review
Reviews are balanced accounts of all aspects of a particular subject including the pros and cons of any contentious or uncertain aspect. Although these are usually commissioned, authors are invited to discuss possible topics directly with the Editor-in-Chief.
Word count: up to 6500 words
Abstract: up to 300 words
Tables/illustrations: up to 6
References: from 50 to 100
Commentaries
These are detailed discussions about research articles published in the journal. They can consider the methodological issues raised by the original article, the implications of the report, or provide the details of other ongoing research projects related to the original report.
Word count: up to 2500 words
Tables/illustrations: up to 2
References: up to 15
Forums
These papers present a particular point of view on a controversial topic in mental health. They can involve scientific, clinical, or policy issues. Authors interested in preparing a manuscript for the Forum section should contact Professor Jinhong Chen before preparing the paper. If we think the topic of sufficient interest we will recruit other experts to write papers with alternative viewpoints about the topic.
Word count: 1500 to 4000 words
References: up to 30
Case Reports
These are single cases or case series that highlight an interesting or important clinical or theoretical issue. We are particularly interested in case reports that highlight specific characteristics of patients in China or specific aspects of the Chinese mental health care system.
Word count: up to 2000 words
Tables/illustrations: up to 1
References: up to 10
Research Methods in Psychiatry
Our journal is committed to continually improving research methods in psychiatry, to promoting the use of evidence-based methods in the treatment of mental disorders, and to introducing novel methodological approaches to the psychiatric research community. To this end we encourage submissions that describe new research methods or novel approaches to resolving long-standing problems in current research methods. These papers can be focused on any aspect of mental health research including basic animal studies, clinical studies, large-scale epidemiological studies, and policy studies. Articles about the development and evaluation of questionnaires or other instruments and articles that present the methodological background for large multi-centered studies will also be included in this section.
Authors interested in contributing papers to the section should contact the Research Corner Editor, Manfei Xu.
Word count: up to 3000 words
References: up to 30
Biostatistics in Psychiatry
The ‘Biostatistics in Psychiatry’ section is coordinated by our three biostatistics editors: Hua He, Changyong Feng and Xin M TU . The section describes different statistical methods relevant to psychiatric research.
The articles should include practical examples of how to conduct the analytic methods being described, and be written for a general research audience (not solely for biostatisticians). Individuals interested in contributing to this section should contact one of the biostatistical editors.
Word count: up to 3000 words
References: up to 30
Correspondence
Letters will usually discuss some aspect of the research, commentaries, forums, or other content previously published in the journal, but they can also briefly present data from studies or raise other areas of interest to readers.
Word count: up to 2000 words
References: up to 30
Tables/illustrations: up to 1
Supplements
The BMJ Publishing Group journals are willing to consider publishing supplements to regular issues. Supplement proposals may be made at the request of:
The journal editor, an editorial board member or a learned society may wish to organise a meeting, sponsorship may be sought and the proceedings published as a supplement.
The journal editor, editorial board member or learned society may wish to commission a supplement on a particular theme or topic. Again, sponsorship may be sought.
The BMJPG itself may have proposals for supplements where sponsorship may be necessary.
A sponsoring organisation, often a pharmaceutical company or a charitable foundation, that wishes to arrange a meeting, the proceedings of which will be published as a supplement.
In all cases, it is vital that the journal’s integrity, independence and academic reputation is not compromised in any way.
For further information on criteria that must be fulfilled, download the supplements guidelines.
When contacting us regarding a potential supplement, please include as much of the information below as possible.
Journal in which you would like the supplement published
Title of supplement and/or meeting on which it is based
Date of meeting on which it is based
Proposed table of contents with provisional article titles and proposed authors
An indication of whether authors have agreed to participate
Sponsor information including any relevant deadlines
An indication of the expected length of each paper Guest Editor proposals if appropriate