BMJ Mental Health
BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1896
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Aims & Scope
BMJ Mental Health is a peer reviewed, open access journal from BMJ covering clinically relevant research in mental health and psychiatry. It facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration among psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health professionals, encourages debate on clinically relevant topics, and informs real world practice to improve patient and carer outcomes. BMJ Mental Health invites submissions in all areas of mental health including digital health; medical statistics; precision mental health; evaluation of psychotherapies; studies in children, young people and in the elderly; forensic psychiatry; health economics; data science and computational mental health.
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Ethics & Quality
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Publication & Citation Trend
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SJR Quartile by Discipline
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Frequently asked questions about BMJ Mental Health
Is BMJ Mental Health a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMJ Mental Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list.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 BMJ Mental Health?
BMJ 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 7.9.
Is BMJ Mental Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
BMJ Mental Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of BMJ Mental Health?
BMJ Mental Health is a peer reviewed, open access journal from BMJ covering clinically relevant research in mental health and psychiatry. It facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration among psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health professionals, encourages debate on clinically relevant topics, and informs real world practice to improve patient and carer outcomes. BMJ Mental Health invites submissions in all areas of mental health including digital health; medical statistics; precision mental health; evaluation of psychotherapies; studies in children, young people and in the elderl
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