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Mental Health and Prevention

Elsevier GmbH · Germany · Est. 2013

ISSN2212-6570eISSN2212-6570

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.119

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.785

Total Worksi

489

Total Citationsi

5,651

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Mental Health and Prevention is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the prevention of mental and behavioral disorders and mental ill health, and the promotion of mental well-being. Manuscripts must be relevant to both mental health and prevention. Its scope encompasses universal, selective, and indicated prevention strategies.

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General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications489

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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?

Elsevier GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2212-6570 / 2212-6570

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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

871

2019

367

2020

434

2021

370

2022

691

2023

343

2024

157

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

PsychiatryPsychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentMental Health Treatment and AccessMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesResilience and Mental HealthEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentHealth, psychology, and well-beingHealth disparities and outcomesDigital Mental Health InterventionsCOVID-19 and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about Mental Health and Prevention

Is Mental Health and Prevention a predatory journal?

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

Mental Health and Prevention 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 1.74.

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

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