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PLOS Mental Health

Public Library of Science (PLoS) · United States

eISSN2837-8156

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.56

H-Indexi

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

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review, Open peer review

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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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?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

CLOCKSS

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Health (social science)Q2

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ3

EpidemiologyQ3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

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

Frequently asked questions about PLOS Mental Health

Is PLOS Mental Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for PLOS Mental Health: it is indexed in 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 PLOS Mental Health?

PLOS Mental Health is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.56.

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

PLOS Mental Health is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.