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Mental Health and Physical Activity

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN1878-0199

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.124

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.839

Total Worksi

706

Total Citationsi

16,203

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Psychology, Clinical; Applied Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 68 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications706

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-0199

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

853

2019

1.9k

2020

536

2021

674

2022

616

2023

391

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.

Applied PsychologyQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychiatryPsychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Physical Activity and HealthBehavioral Health and InterventionsObesity, Physical Activity, DietEating Disorders and BehaviorsChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringHuman auditory perception and evaluationSleep and related disordersMindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Frequently asked questions about Mental Health and Physical Activity

Is Mental Health and Physical Activity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mental Health and Physical Activity: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Mental Health and Physical Activity?

Mental Health and Physical Activity 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 2.38.

Is Mental Health and Physical Activity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mental Health and Physical Activity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Mental Health and Physical Activity?