Academic Journal
Q2BioPsychoSocial Medicine
About BioPsychoSocial Medicine
BioPsychoSocial Medicine is a scholarly journal published by BioMed Central Ltd. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.651 and H-index of 48.
Coverage: 2007-2026. Research categories: Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q2); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q2); Social Psychology (Q2); Biological Psychiatry (Q3).
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- Journal Impact Factor: 2.1 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
- Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
- Editor(s): Shin Fukudo MD, PhD; Mutsuhiro Nakao MD, PhD; Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi MD, PhD (Editors-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
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Topics in published research
Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments; Eating Disorders and Behaviors; Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research; Gastrointestinal motility and disorders; Cardiac Health and Mental Health; Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions.
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