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Journal of Public Mental Health

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN2042-8731

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.409

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.589

Total Worksi

731

Total Citationsi

7,313

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications731

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2042-8731

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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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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

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

607

2019

322

2020

259

2021

213

2022

121

2023

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.

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessMental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth disparities and outcomesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentHealth, psychology, and well-beingEmployment and Welfare StudiesSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesHomelessness and Social IssuesChild and Adolescent HealthMigration, Health and Trauma

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Public Mental Health

Is Journal of Public Mental Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Public Mental Health: 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 Journal of Public Mental Health?

Journal of Public 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 0.79.

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

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

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