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Community Mental Health Journal
ISSN 0010-3853 · eISSN 1573-2789 · Springer Nature · 8 issues per year
Community Mental Health Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.01; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,390; median 158 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); 146 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Community Mental Health Journal is published by Springer Nature 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 Mental Health Treatment and Access, Schizophrenia research and treatment and Mental Health and Patient Involvement, together about 35.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Community Mental Health Journal is dedicated to advancing public sector mental health services for individuals affected by serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and/or substance use disorders. The journal seeks to bridge the gap between research and real-world clinical practice in community and public mental health settings. We welcome submissions that focus on populations served in the public sector and address the challenges faced in real-world environments. We are particularly interested in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research that contributes to a deeper understanding of systems of care, clinical outcomes, and population health. Systematic reviews are welcome and should follow established reporting standards such as PRISMA. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Nationally representative epidemiologic data Social determinants of health and health equity interventions Early and preventative interventions Critical analyses of diagnostic and treatment paradigms Safety and efficacy of pharmacological treatments Psychosocial interventions, including psychotherapy, supported employment, assertive community treatment, supportive housing, and others Digital interventions Peer support Strategies to enhance engagement and shared decision-making Impact of health policy, including local, state, and federal policy analyses Workforce development and training While this is the journal of the American Association for Community Psychiatry, we welcome manuscripts reflecting research from a range of disciplines on recovery-oriented services, public health policy, clinical delivery systems, advocacy, and emerging and innovative practices.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Robert O. CotesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 19, United Kingdom 1, Italy 1, Denmark 1 (22 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology16.9%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine9.8%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions9%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7.3%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology6.9%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions5.8%
- Family Caregiving in Mental IllnessPsychology4.2%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences3.3%
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 | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEMEDLINEPsycINFOCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 2.01LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 121OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,264OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 39.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 141LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 807,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,010 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 152 | 80 | 24 |
| 2025 | 146 | 85 | 168 |
| 2024 | 180 | 88 | 723 |
| 2023 | 144 | 82 | 935 |
| 2022 | 151 | 87 | 1,272 |
| 2021 | 172 | 86 | 2,358 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
158 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 109 days – 210 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 187 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (335 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 4,390 / EUR 3,290 / GBP 2,890 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted2
- brief reportThe journal welcomes Research articles with a length not exceeding 16 pages. This does not include references, tables and figures. The journal welcomes Brief Re…Length not stated
- research articleThe journal welcomes Research articles with a length not exceeding 16 pages. This does not include references, tables and figures. The journal welcomes Brief Re…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Community Mental Health Journal, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 8 issues per year
- ISSN
- 0010-3853
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-2789
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 62, Issue 6 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Community Mental Health Journal
What CAS zone is Community Mental Health Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Community Mental Health Journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Policy & Services / Psychiatry / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Community Mental Health Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.01; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 121.
How long does peer review take at Community Mental Health Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 158 days (interquartile range 109–210 days). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Community Mental Health Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Community Mental Health Journal based?
Of the 22 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (19), United Kingdom (1) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Community Mental Health Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Community Mental Health Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Community Mental Health Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Community Mental Health Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,390.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .