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Community Mental Health Journal

Springer Netherlands · United States · Est. 1833

ISSN1573-2789
SJR Q1WOS SSCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.808
H-Indexi
117
SNIPi
1.151
Total Worksi
4,931
Total Citationsi
100,773
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.58
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Community Mental Health Journal is dedicated to advancing public sector mental health services for individuals affected by serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and/or substance use disorders. The journal seeks to bridge the gap between research and real-world clinical practice in community and public mental health settings. The journal welcomes submissions that focus on populations served in the public sector and address the challenges faced in real-world environments. COMH is particularly interested in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research that contributes to a deeper understanding of systems of care, clinical outcomes, and population health. The journal welcomes articles, brief reports, and various alternate formats in the Fresh Focus category.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1833
FrequencyBimonthly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications4,931
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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Submission Info

Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Netherlands
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1573-2789
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
167
3.4k
2019
218
5.6k
2020
172
2.3k
2021
151
1.2k
2022
144
912
2023
180
683
2024
146
153
2025
134
16
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Health (social science)Q1
Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & ServicesPsychiatryPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessSchizophrenia research and treatmentMental Health and Patient InvolvementChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychiatric care and mental health servicesHomelessness and Social IssuesFamily Caregiving in Mental IllnessHealth disparities and outcomesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesMental Health and Psychiatry

Frequently asked questions about Community Mental Health Journal

Is Community Mental Health Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Community Mental Health Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Community Mental Health Journal?

Community Mental Health Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.58.

Is Community Mental Health Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Community Mental Health Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Community Mental Health Journal?

Community Mental Health Journal is dedicated to advancing public sector mental health services for individuals affected by serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and/or substance use disorders. The journal seeks to bridge the gap between research and real-world clinical practice in community and public mental health settings. The journal welcomes submissions that focus on populations served in the public sector and address the challenges faced in real-world environments. COMH is particularly interested in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research that contributes to

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref