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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1974

ISSN1753-2000eISSN1753-2000

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.623

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.264

Total Worksi

1,324

Total Citationsi

39,989

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pediatrics; Psychiatry; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

Annual Volume~ 156 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,324

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSKoninklijke BibliotheekLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1753-2000 / 1753-2000

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2019

3.5k

2020

1.9k

2021

110

2.9k

2022

143

2.3k

2023

163

1.5k

2024

161

625

2025

146

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.

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PediatricsPsychiatry

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPsychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild Abuse and TraumaSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesAttention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderMental Health Treatment and AccessCOVID-19 and Mental HealthAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumDigital Mental Health InterventionsPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Frequently asked questions about Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Is Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health?

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 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 3.72.

Is Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health?