Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
ISSN 2044-1282 · eISSN 2044-1290 · Emerald
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 20 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities is published by Emerald and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Down syndrome and intellectual disability research, Family and Disability Support Research and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, together about 41.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability researchMedicine17.3%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology13.7%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience10.4%
- Healthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsPsychology5.6%
- Healthcare innovation and challengesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine4.9%
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
- Adolescent and Pediatric HealthcareHealth Professions3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 131OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.23%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 521 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5 | 12 |
| 2024 | 16 | 3 | 36 |
| 2023 | 30 | 8 | 83 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4 | 46 |
| 2021 | 24 | 7 | 162 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 2044-1282
- Electronic ISSN
- 2044-1290
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
What CAS zone is Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .