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JMIR Mental Health

JMIR Publications Inc. · Canada · Est. 1958

ISSN2368-7959eISSN2368-7959

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.091

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.617

Total Worksi

1,311

Total Citationsi

50,657

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1958

Annual Volume~ 135 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,311

Publisher OrgJMIR Publications

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

JMIR Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2368-7959 / 2368-7959

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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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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

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

108

5.1k

2019

152

8.3k

2020

198

7.5k

2021

118

4.5k

2022

113

2.8k

2023

143

2.9k

2024

148

1.5k

2025

100

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychiatry

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMental Health via WritingMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsMental Health Treatment and AccessTelemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationImpact of Technology on AdolescentsCOVID-19 and Mental HealthMental Health Research TopicsSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Frequently asked questions about JMIR Mental Health

Is JMIR Mental Health a predatory journal?

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

JMIR 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 7.97.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of JMIR Mental Health?