Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health
ISSN 2054-4251 · Cambridge University Press
Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 71 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 4,010; median 157 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); 163 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health is published by Cambridge University Press 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 Mental Health Treatment and Access, Migration, Health and Trauma and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 40.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health ISSN: 2054-4251 (Online) Frequency: 1 volume per year Editors-in-Chief: Professor Judy Bass Johns Hopkins University | USA and Professor Dixon Chibanda Friendship Bench Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health (GMH) publishes papers that have a broad application of ‘the global point of view’ of mental health issues. The field of ‘global mental health’ is still emerging, reflecting a movement of advocacy and associated research driven by an agenda to remedy longstanding treatment gaps and disparities in care, access, and capacity. But these efforts and goals are also driving a potential reframing of knowledge in powerful ways, and positioning a new disciplinary approach to mental health. GMH seeks to cultivate and grow this emerging distinct discipline of ‘global mental health’, and the new knowledge and paradigms that should come from it.GMH invites contributions from a range of disciplines, stakeholders, and research methods in order to achieve its aim. The Editors reflect this diversity, with expertise in areas outside of the traditional ‘mental health’ silos that must be included in order to make global mental health truly ‘global’ in nature.Indexed in DOAJ, Scopus and SCI-E.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Editor-in-chief Judy BassPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology23.2%
- Migration, Health and TraumaPsychology10.5%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology6.7%
- Digital Mental Health InterventionsPsychology5.8%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology5.2%
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMedicine4.7%
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchPsychology4.1%
- Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesPsychology3.9%
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 | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 71Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 317OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 164LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 874 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 182 | 182 | 37 |
| 2025 | 163 | 163 | 346 |
| 2024 | 133 | 133 | 974 |
| 2023 | 91 | 91 | 1,686 |
| 2022 | 64 | 64 | 1,291 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 1,240 |
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 PubMed · to
157 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 125 days – 202 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 177 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (381 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 publication (journal-reported)
- about 27 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open peer review, Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 4,010 / GBP 3,145 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,893 / GBP 2,968 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted10
- case studiesWe accept the following types of articles: Overview Review* Review* (standard review) Research article* Perspective* Comment** (invited only) Case studies* Rapi…Length not stated
- case studyOverview Review*Review* (standard review)Research article*Perspective*Comment** (invited only)Case studies*Rapid Communication*Letter to the Editor**Length not stated
- commentWe accept the following types of articles: Overview Review* Review* (standard review) Research article* Perspective* Comment** (invited only) Case studies* Rapi…Length not stated
- letter to the editorOverview Review*Review* (standard review)Research article*Perspective*Comment** (invited only)Case studies*Rapid Communication*Letter to the Editor**Length not stated
- overviewWe accept the following types of articles: Overview Review* Review* (standard review) Research article* Perspective* Comment** (invited only) Case studies* Rapi…Length not stated
- perspectiveOverview Review*Review* (standard review)Research article*Perspective*Comment** (invited only)Case studies*Rapid Communication*Letter to the Editor**Length not stated
- rapid communicationOverview Review*Review* (standard review)Research article*Perspective*Comment** (invited only)Case studies*Rapid Communication*Letter to the Editor**Length not stated
- research articleOverview Review*Review* (standard review)Research article*Perspective*Comment** (invited only)Case studies*Rapid Communication*Letter to the Editor**Length not stated
- reviewOverview Review*Review* (standard review)Research article*Perspective*Comment** (invited only)Case studies*Rapid Communication*Letter to the Editor**Length not stated
- review (standard review)We accept the following types of articles: Overview Review* Review* (standard review) Research article* Perspective* Comment** (invited only) Case studies* Rapi…Length not stated
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
- Cambridge University Press
- ISSN
- 2054-4251
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health
What CAS zone is Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychiatry. 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 Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 71 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 157 days (interquartile range 125–202 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.
Which databases index Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health open access, and what is the APC?
Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,010.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .