The Journal of Affective Disorders publishes papers concerned with affective disorders in the widest sense: depression, mania, mood spectrum, emotions and personality, anxiety and stress. It is interdisciplinary and aims to bring together different approaches for a diverse readership. Top quality papers will be accepted dealing with any aspect of affective disorders, including neuroimaging, cognitive neurosciences, genetics, molecular biology, experimental and clinical neurosciences, pharmacology, neuroimmunoendocrinology, intervention and treatment trials.

The Journal of Affective Disorders 在2021年12月最新基础版与最新升级版中，在大类、小类中位于2区、3区。TOP期刊，非综述期刊。 Journal of Affective Disorders杂志接收与发表与最广泛意义上的情感障碍相关的论文：抑郁、躁狂、情绪谱、情绪和个性、焦虑和压力，包括神经影像学、认知神经科学、遗传学、分子生物学、实验和临床神经科学、药理学、神经免疫内分泌学、干预和治疗试验相关文章。 根据Web of Science收录的论文来看，国人Journal of Affective Disorders期刊的发文比例占24.519 %，排名第二，对国人比较友好，排名第一的是美国学者，占比31.778%期刊发文量1000＋ Journal of Affective Disorders，近年来影响因子增长，发展潜力大