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Discover Mental Health

Springer Nature · Switzerland · Est. 2021

ISSN2731-4383eISSN2731-4383

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total53

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.84

H-Index

CiteScore

2.2

SNIP

0.62

Total Works

418

Total Citations

1,240

2yr Mean Citedness

1.64

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Aims & Scope

Discover Mental Health is an open access journal publishing across the transdisciplinary fields of mental health, including theoretical and fundamental sciences, clinical sciences, public health, and socioeconomic, biological and environmental factors. Covering theoretical and fundamental sciences, clinical sciences and public health research. A journal in Springer Nature’s Discover Series: Rigorous, representative and wide-reaching.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 107 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications418

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~10 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2731-4383 / 2731-4383

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

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

Times cited

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q2

Molecular MedicineQ2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychiatry

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMolecular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessCOVID-19 and Mental HealthDigital Mental Health InterventionsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutMigration, Health and TraumaFamily Caregiving in Mental IllnessSchizophrenia research and treatmentResilience and Mental Health