International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Child Abuse and Trauma, together about 43.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Published by Sage from 2025. The International Journal of Forensic Mental Health provides an international forum for disseminating research and practical developments to forensic mental health professionals. Forensic populations include both adults and youth involved in the criminal justice system, particularly mentally disordered offenders and sex offenders. The focus is on forensic issues such as criminal responsibility, competency or fitness to stand trial, risk assessment, family violence, and treatment of forensic clients. The journal reflects the international audience represented by the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, and articles comparing the law and/or practice in different countries are encouraged. The journal is the official publication of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, and the journal is a benefit of membership. Peer Review Policy: Unless otherwise indicated, all articles in this journal have undergone peer review, including review by the editorial staff and at least two independent reviewers. Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

PsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: ProQuest, OCLC, CSA - Criminal Justice Abstracts, EBSCOhost - Current Abstracts, SocINDEX, SocINDEX with Full Text, TOC Premier, OCLC - PsycFIRST, ProQuest - ProQuest Natural Science Journals, ProQuest SciTech Journals, JCR Social Sciences Edition

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Impact

Impact factor

1.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

3.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.39LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

57OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

371OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.05OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

33.72%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

36LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1499-9013

Electronic ISSN

1932-9903

Latest issue on the website

Volume 23, Issue 4 (2024)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website