This journal, founded in 1968, not only has a publication history of more than 5
decades but also stands for a distinct scientific focus in psychiatric pharmacology
or psychopharmacology: the research on medication treatments for mental disorders.
At some point, it is worth taking a broader look at what we are doing in psychiatry
or in medicine in general. That is why, in this issue, we are publishing a study by
Christopher Baethge [1] that typically may not
fit into the scope of Pharmacopsychiatry. As a psychiatrist and an editor, Baethge
carried out an investigation in an underresearched area: the accuracy and
significance of citations in psychiatric journals.
