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Global Mental Health

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN2054-4251eISSN2054-4251
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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
1.369
H-Indexi
52
SNIPi
1.156
Total Worksi
768
Total Citationsi
11,350
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.40
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Aims & Scope

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health is a peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes high-quality research on all aspects of global mental health. It aims to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to share their work and to foster collaboration and innovation in the field. The journal covers a wide range of topics, including but not limited to, mental health policy and services, epidemiology of mental disorders, prevention and treatment of mental health conditions, mental health in humanitarian crises, and the social determinants of mental health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2007
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications768
Publisher OrgCambridge University Press
OA Since2013
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Cambridge University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2054-4251 / 2054-4251
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
28
895
2019
35
983
2020
47
1.2k
2021
64
1.3k
2022
91
1.6k
2023
133
925
2024
163
307
2025
167
28
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 PolicyQ1
Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychiatry

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessMigration, Health and TraumaChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentDigital Mental Health InterventionsCOVID-19 and Mental HealthMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumPosttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesFamily Caregiving in Mental IllnessResilience and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about Global Mental Health

Is Global Mental Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global 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 Global Mental Health?

Global 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 2.40.

Is Global Mental Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Mental Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Global Mental Health?

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health is a peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes high-quality research on all aspects of global mental health. It aims to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to share their work and to foster collaboration and innovation in the field. The journal covers a wide range of topics, including but not limited to, mental health policy and services, epidemiology of mental disorders, prevention and treatment of mental health conditions, mental health in humanitarian crises, and the social determinants of mental health.

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