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Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 2005

ISSN1745-0179

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-03-23). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.841

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.903

Total Worksi

620

Total Citationsi

21,227

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health is an open-access journal that publishes Research articles, Reviews/Mini-reviews, and Letters in all areas of clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health covering the following topics: Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health and mental health-related conditions; diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral health conditions; frequencies and determinants of mental health conditions in the community and the populations at risk; research and economic aspects of psychiatry, with particular attention given to manuscripts presenting new results and methods in the area; the interface between mental health conditions and other diseases; clinical, epidemiologic investigation of pharmaceutical agents; social inclusion; use of new technologies for assistance and rehabilitation; RCT on rehabilitation and comprehensive approaches; pair support; recovery; fight against stigma; overcoming the psychiatric hospital and development of community psychiatry, and human rights in mental health are topics of interest to the journal. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering all aspects of clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health published continuously by Bentham Open.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Frequencycontinuously

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications620

Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers

OA Since2018

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bentham Science Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1745-0179

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

612

2019

965

2020

699

2021

264

2022

247

2023

338

2024

2025

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.

EpidemiologyQ2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Schizophrenia research and treatmentMental Health Treatment and AccessBipolar Disorder and TreatmentTreatment of Major DepressionCOVID-19 and Mental HealthChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPersonality Disorders and PsychopathologyCardiac Health and Mental HealthFamily Caregiving in Mental IllnessHealthcare Decision-Making and Restraints

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Is Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health a predatory journal?

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-03-23). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health?

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.841.

Is Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health is indexed in Scopus.