Journal profile · PEDIATRICS-PSYCHIATRY
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
ISSN 1475-357X · eISSN 1475-3588 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Founded 2002
Child and Adolescent Mental Health: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.29; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,520; review about 36 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 97 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Child and Adolescent Mental Health is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Family and Disability Support Research and Child and Adolescent Health, together about 39.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed child and adolescent mental health services research of relevance to academics, clinicians and commissioners internationally. The journal's principal aim is to foster evidence-based clinical practice and clinically orientated research among clinicians and health services researchers working with children and adolescents, parents and their families in relation to or with a particular interest in mental health. CAMH publishes reviews, original articles, and pilot reports of innovative approaches, interventions, clinical methods and service developments. The journal has regular sections on Measurement Issues, Innovations in Practice, Global Child Mental Health and Humanities. All published papers should be of direct relevance to mental health practitioners and clearly draw out clinical implications for the field. Author Guidelines are published on the inside back cover and regularly updated on the journal website
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS-PSYCHIATRY
Editor-in-chief Bernadka DubickaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 8, Netherlands 2, United States 1, Canada 1, Australia 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology22.9%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology8.7%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions7.9%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology4.7%
- Adolescent and Pediatric HealthcareHealth Professions4.3%
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderMedicine4.2%
- Child Therapy and DevelopmentPsychology4.2%
- Digital Mental Health InterventionsPsychology3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbasePsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 4.29LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 14.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 14.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 92OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 801OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 67.01%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,026Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 88Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 590,181Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,304 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 55 | 34 |
| 2025 | 97 | 75 | 335 |
| 2024 | 66 | 44 | 214 |
| 2023 | 64 | 52 | 598 |
| 2022 | 97 | 44 | 1,685 |
| 2021 | 182 | 46 | 2,578 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
36 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 36 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 30 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,520 / EUR 2,890 / GBP 2,380 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted12, with length limits
- debate articlesDebate Articles: These papers express opposing points of view or opinions, highlighting current evidence-based issues, or discuss differences in clinical practi…Length not stated
- innovations in practiceInnovations in Practice: These papers report on any new and innovative development that could have a major impact on evidence-based practice, intervention and s…Length not stated
- letters to the editorLetters to the Editor: These are short articles that offer readers the opportunity to respond to articles published in CAMH. Letters must only discuss issues di…Length not stated
- narrative mattersNarrative Matters: These papers describe important topics and issues relevant to those working in child and adolescent mental health but considered from within …Length not stated
- original articlesues in childhood and adolescence. Your Original Article should be no more than 5,000 words including tables, figures and related captions, excluding omain text ≤ 5,000 words
- original articlesOriginal Articles: Original Articles make an original contribution to empirical knowledge, to the theoretical understanding of the subject, or to the developmen…Length not stated
- research articleension for pilot trials etc. Your Short Research Article should be 1500 words, excluding references, tables and graphs/figures. Your artimain text ≤ 1,500 words
- review articley findings, for clinical practice. Your Review Article should be no more than 6,000 words excluding tables, figures and references and no more than 8main text ≤ 6,000 words
- review articlesReview Articles: These papers offer a critical perspective on a key body of current research relevant to child and adolescent mental health. The journal require…Length not stated
- short research articlesShort Research Articles: Short Research Articles should consist of original research of any design that presents succinct findings with topical, clinical or pol…Length not stated
- systematic reviewing tables, figures and references. For Systematic Reviews, your paper should be no more than 6,000 words excluding tables, figures and references. Qualitative …main text ≤ 6,000 words
- technology mattersTechnology Matters: These papers provide updates on emerging mental health technologies and how they are being used with and by children and young people.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship Correction to Authorship
In accordance with Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics’ guidance, CAMH will allow authors to correct authorship on a submitted, accepted, or published article if a valid reason exists to do so. All authors – including those to be added or removed – must agree to any proposed change. To request a change to the author l…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Editorial Conflicts of Interest (January 2022)
Editors have been asked to disclose their financial interests or other relationships that could be viewed as potential conflicts of interest (COI) as they might relate to editorial judgments. The COI period covered extends to the 36-month period prior to 1 January 2022, and declarations are in accordance with recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (ICMJE) and th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability
If the study includes original data (except qualitative studies or systematic reviews), at least one author must confirm that they had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Please identify the author in the manuscript. The journal expects all authors to share the data (except for qualitative studies or …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors who do not choose open access
If the open access option is not selected, the corresponding author will be presented with the Copyright transfer Agreement (CTA) to sign. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed in the Copyright FAQs here. For authors choosing open access
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review process: external scholarly peer review, single-blind, minimum two external referees, initial evaluation by an Editor. Model summary
All material submitted to CAMH is only accepted for publication after being subjected to external scholarly peer review, following initial evaluation by one of the Editors. Both original and review-type articles will usually be single-blind reviewed by a minimum of two external referees and only accepted by the decision Editor after satisfactory revision.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1475-357X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1475-3588
- Society / sponsor
- Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 31, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Child and Adolescent Mental Health
What CAS zone is Child and Adolescent Mental Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Child and Adolescent Mental Health is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Pediatrics / Psychiatry / Psychology, Clinical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Child and Adolescent Mental Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.29; CiteScore 14.3, h-index 92.
How long does peer review take at Child and Adolescent Mental Health?
The publisher reports about 36 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Child and Adolescent Mental Health based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (8), Netherlands (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Child and Adolescent Mental Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Child and Adolescent Mental Health is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Child and Adolescent Mental Health open access, and what is the APC?
Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,520.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .