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Nature Mental Health

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 2023

ISSN2731-6076eISSN2731-6076

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.705

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

625

Total Citationsi

5,352

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Biological Psychiatry; Molecular Medicine; Neuroscience (miscellaneous); Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2023

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications625

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

5/11 · 45%

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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?

2731-6076 / 2731-6076

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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?

N/A

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

168

3.4k

2023

189

2.3k

2024

196

2025

158

138

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.

Biological PsychiatryQ1

Molecular MedicineQ1

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychiatry

Scopus Categories

Molecular MedicineNeuroscience (miscellaneous)Biological PsychiatryPsychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesMental Health Research TopicsHealth, Environment, Cognitive AgingChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentTryptophan and brain disordersSchizophrenia research and treatmentHealth disparities and outcomesDigital Mental Health InterventionsMental Health Treatment and AccessSuicide and Self-Harm Studies

Frequently asked questions about Nature Mental Health

Is Nature Mental Health a predatory journal?

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

Nature 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 5.30.

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

Nature Mental Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Nature Mental Health?