The ''Journal of Affective Disorders'' is a
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
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History
The first ...
covering research on all aspects of
affective disorders
The affective spectrum is a spectrum of affective disorders (mood disorders). It is a grouping of related psychiatric and medical disorders which may accompany bipolar, unipolar, and schizoaffective disorders at statistically higher rates than ...
. It is published by
Elsevier
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and its
editors-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
are P. Brambilla and J.C. Soares. It was established in 1979 and is the official journal of the
International Society for Affective Disorders.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 6.533
References
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Psychiatry journals
Mood disorders
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