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Mental Health: Global Challenges

Walter de Gruyter · Germany · Est. 2018

ISSN2612-2138
SJR Q3Scopus / SJR
12
/ 100
High Risk
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q3+12
Total12
Journal Impact Factor
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SJR Score
0.198
H-Index
8
CiteScore
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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
Total Works
164
Total Citations
347
2yr Mean Citedness
1.29
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Aims & Scope

Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal is an open access, peer-reviewed journal, with the primary aim of promoting thought, dialogue, and debate on topics related to mental health. Mental health is an issue and a reality of major global concern, though it is often left to the margins as a topic of conversation. With one of the major aims to challenge and break the stigma of mental health, whilst promoting better health and health care, this journal has a general focus on mental health, mental health care systems, approaches to better mental health, mental health challenges for individuals, families, and groups in different cultures and contexts, mental health and trauma, and mental health and conflict, amongst other related aspects. More specifically, Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal is a journal dedicated to studies of international interest related to mental health and mental health care systems in the global context of social challenges. Therefore, we encourage papers which focus on a variety of topics related to this complex issue. Some examples are as follows: the impact of stigma on mental health and mental health care, mental health and migration, mental health in the time of military conflicts, mental health post conflict, mental health in the workplace, mental health and gender, societal attitudes and approaches to mental health, higher education and mental health care, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to mental health, cultural and cross-cultural challenges related to mental health and related topics. The journal especially encourages manuscripts which may be of interest to policy makers and/or practitioners.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Q3
SJR Rank
Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2018
Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications164
OA Since2017
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewblind peer-reviewed
Review Time
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC-BY – 4.0 international
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/12 · 58%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Walter de Gruyter
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2612-2138
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
blind peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Q3
Health (social science)Q4
Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Q4
Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ4
Psychology (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Psychology (miscellaneous)Health Professions (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental HealthHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessCOVID-19 and Mental HealthResilience and Mental HealthMigration, Health and TraumaChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPosttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchPsychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionHealth, psychology, and well-beingPsychology of Development and EducationMental Health and Psychiatry
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref