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PLOS Mental Health

Public Library of Science (PLoS) · United States

eISSN2837-8156

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Score Breakdown

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total15

Aims & Scope

PLOS Mental Health is a new, open access journal publishing high-quality research on all aspects of mental health. We welcome original research articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other article types that advance our understanding of mental health and illness. Our scope includes, but is not limited to, the following areas: * Addiction * Child and adolescent mental health * Community mental health * Cultural psychiatry * Disability and mental health * Epidemiology of mental disorders * Genetics of mental disorders * Geriatric psychiatry * Global mental health * Health services research * Implementation science * Infectious disease and mental health * Legal and forensic psychiatry * Mental health policy and economics * Mental health in humanitarian crises * Neuroscience of mental disorders * Occupational mental health * Perinatal mental health * Psychiatry * Psychology * Public mental health * Psychosocial interventions * Rural mental health * Schizophrenia and psychosis * Social determinants of mental health * Trauma and stressor-related disorders * Women's mental health

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgPublic Library of Science

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Submission Info

APC Cost$2,596Above median

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review, Open peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

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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11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2837-8156

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review, Open peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

$2,596

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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

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Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentCOVID-19 and Mental HealthMigration, Health and TraumaResilience and Mental HealthHealth disparities and outcomesPosttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumSchizophrenia research and treatmentMental Health and Patient Involvement