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Society and Mental Health

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2005

ISSN2156-8731

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

1.867

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.525

Total Worksi

258

Total Citationsi

7,457

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyThree No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications258

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2156-8731

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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

419

2019

408

2020

2021

301

2022

213

2023

104

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 HealthQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sociology

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health disparities and outcomesEmployment and Welfare StudiesRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchMental Health Treatment and AccessPsychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionMigration, Health and TraumaHomelessness and Social IssuesWork-Family Balance ChallengesIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Frequently asked questions about Society and Mental Health

Is Society and Mental Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Society and 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 Society and Mental Health?

Society 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 2.58.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Society and Mental Health?