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Global Mental Health

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN2054-4251eISSN2054-4251

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

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.369

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.156

Total Worksi

768

Total Citationsi

11,350

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

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

Review Time~27 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2054-4251 / 2054-4251

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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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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

882

2019

966

2020

1.2k

2021

1.2k

2022

1.5k

2023

134

827

2024

164

241

2025

140

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. 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.