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SSM - Mental Health

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2021

ISSN2666-5603eISSN2666-5603

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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.26

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.057

Total Worksi

604

Total Citationsi

4,515

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Psychology (miscellaneous); Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 130 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications604

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~14 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-5603 / 2666-5603

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

1.4k

2021

119

1.7k

2022

104

970

2023

577

2024

195

286

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.

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychiatryPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessMigration, Health and TraumaChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentHealth disparities and outcomesEmployment and Welfare StudiesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMental Health and Patient InvolvementResilience and Mental HealthPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Frequently asked questions about SSM - Mental Health

Is SSM - Mental Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for SSM - Mental Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of SSM - Mental Health?

SSM - 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 2.06.

Is SSM - Mental Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of SSM - Mental Health?