Journal profile · Nursing
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
ISSN 1351-0126 · eISSN 1365-2850 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1994
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.11; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,850; median 138 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 131 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 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 Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints and Psychiatric care and mental health services, together about 27.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing is an international journal which publishes research and scholarly papers that are relevant to psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing and/or people with lived experiences of mental health problems. We publish rigorously conducted research, systematic, integrative and critical realist reviews, essays and debates, and lived experience narratives. We fully support recovery oriented approches to mental health. All papers must have explicitly stated implications for people with lived experiences of mental health problems in addition to those for psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing. Papers are welcomed which draw on single or multiple research and academic disciplines. We encourage critical debate and exchange of ideas. In addition all scientific papers including reviews need to contain a clear scientifc rationale and an explicit statement on what the study adds to the existing evidence. Please read the instructions below carefully for details on the submission of manuscripts, the journal's requirements and standards as well as information concerning the procedure after a manuscript has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Authors are encouraged to visit: Wiley Author Services for further information on the preparation and submission of articles and figures.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editor-in-chief Hugh McKennaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3, Taiwan, China 1, New Zealand 1, Slovenia 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions10.2%
- Healthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsPsychology9.3%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology8.4%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology7.3%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine6.9%
- Family Caregiving in Mental IllnessPsychology5.6%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities5.4%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions3.6%
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 | Nursing | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
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 | Nursing | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedPsycINFOCINAHLCurrent 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
- 3.11LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 109OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,931OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 48.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 84LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 121Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 769,291Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,772 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 124 | 75 | 46 |
| 2025 | 131 | 64 | 209 |
| 2024 | 143 | 106 | 770 |
| 2023 | 122 | 93 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 84 | 41 | 1,296 |
| 2021 | 93 | 45 | 1,370 |
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
138 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 21 days – 205 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 160 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (285 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 109 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 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 4,850 / EUR 4,010 / GBP 3,220 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- editorial0 maximum Reporting Checklist: N/A. vi. Editorials We publish Editorials of up to 1,500 words on issues that are topical and of direct relevance to mentamain text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorialsvi. Editorials We publish Editorials of up to 1,500 words on issues that are topical and of direct relevance to mental health nursing.Length not stated
- original researchNUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS i. Original Research Word limit: 5,000 words maximum, excluding abstract and references. Abstract: 200 wmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articlehecklist: Required - see Section 5. ii. Review Articles Word limit: 7,000 words maximum, excluding abstract and references. Abstract: 200 wmain text ≤ 7,000 words
- review articlesii. Review Articles Word limit: 7,000 words maximum, excluding abstract and references.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
For details on eligibility for author listing, please refer to the journal's Authorship policy outlined in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data sharing: journal expects data sharing. Model summary
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Editorial Review and AcceptanceThe acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: preprints considered; submitted version may be posted to preprint server at any time. Model summary
The Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time.
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
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1351-0126
- Electronic ISSN
- 1365-2850
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
What CAS zone is Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Nursing / Psychiatry. 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 Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.11; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 109.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 138 days (interquartile range 21–205 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing?
According to the journal's author guidelines: First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; 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 Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (3), Taiwan, China (1) and New Zealand (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,850.
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: .