Journal profile · SOCIAL WORK
Mental Health and Social Inclusion
ISSN 2042-8316 · eISSN 2042-8308 · Emerald
Mental Health and Social Inclusion: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 107 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mental Health and Social Inclusion is published by Emerald and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Psychiatric care and mental health services and Mental Health Treatment and Access, together about 49.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL WORK
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions23.1%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology16.4%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology10.4%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology5.2%
- Psychology and Mental HealthPsychology3.6%
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical PracticesPsychology3%
- Student Stress and CopingPsychology2.9%
- Art Therapy and Mental HealthArts and Humanities2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatric Mental Health | Q2 | 21/47 | 56th |
| Health (social science) | Q2 | 187/387 | 51st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 131OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 26.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 93LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 899 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 116 | 25 | 708 |
| 2025 | 107 | 26 | 966 |
| 2024 | 91 | 14 | 650 |
| 2023 | 97 | 37 | 591 |
| 2022 | 48 | 12 | 513 |
| 2021 | 46 | 13 | 492 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 2042-8316
- Electronic ISSN
- 2042-8308
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mental Health and Social Inclusion
What CAS zone is Mental Health and Social Inclusion in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Mental Health and Social Inclusion is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Work. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Mental Health and Social Inclusion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mental Health and Social Inclusion is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Mental Health and Social Inclusion open access, and what is the APC?
Mental Health and Social Inclusion is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .