Journal profile · Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Mental Health Clinician
ISSN 2168-9709 · American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists · United States
Mental Health Clinician: fully open access; APC about USD 250; median 168 days to acceptance (70 articles, last 24 months); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mental Health Clinician is published by American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Schizophrenia research and treatment, Pharmacy and Medical Practices and Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, together about 38% of its articles. Its main subfields are Psychiatry and Mental health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mental Health Clinician (MHC) is a peer-reviewed clinical practice journal indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus, Google Scholar, and other search engines. MHC delves into new topics with each issue to provide psychiatric pharmacists’ and providers’ perspectives on a wide variety of issues related to psychopharmacology and its application to patient care.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine14.5%
- Pharmacy and Medical PracticesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics13.1%
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesMedicine10.3%
- Treatment of Major DepressionMedicine7.9%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine5.4%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology5.1%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine5%
- Bipolar Disorder and TreatmentMedicine4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | Q3 | 44/79 | 44th |
| Pharmacology (medical) | Q3 | 182/278 | 34th |
| Neurology (clinical) | Q3 | 279/403 | 30th |
| Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology | Q3 | 54/77 | 30th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Google 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 167OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 941 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 33 | 634 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 874 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 895 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 836 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 799 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 760 |
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
169 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 131 days – 203 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 98 days (68 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 269 days
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (80 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)
- about 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 250 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 250 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 250 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 250 / USD 200 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship Authorship
MHC adheres to the ICMJE recommendations for authorship. Authorship will be based on the following criteria: Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND Final approval of the version to be published; AND Agreement to be…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Disclosure of conflicts of interest is required at the time of submission of work to MHC. All authors will complete and submit an ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest http://www.icmje.org/conflicts-of-interest/. Each author is required to complete a separate ICMJE form. Combined disclosure forms are not accepted.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Scientific Misconduct
MHC adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) recommendations regarding scientific misconduct. Any suspected scientific misconduct (duplicate publication, plagiarism, fabricated data, questions of authorship, undisclosed conflict of interest or other ethical issues) in either submitted or published work will be handled as recommended by the COPE guidelines. The editorial board reserves…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Policy
Authors must obtain letters of permission from publishers and pay any fees for use of extensive quotations (more than 500 words) or figures/tables that have been previously published or submitted elsewhere. Upon submission, authors are required to agree to the following statement: The American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP) will hold copyright on all contents of Mental Health Clinic…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access and Article Process Charges
MHC is an open access journal, and all MHC articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. MHC charges a nominal article processing charge after acceptance of $250, which is waived when at least one author is a member of AAPP. Certain articles may incur additional cost if they exceed word count or table count as described below in “Document Preparatio…
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
- American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2168-9709
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mental Health Clinician
How long does peer review take at Mental Health Clinician?
Based on the dates recorded on 70 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 168 days (interquartile range 129–201 days); authors report an average review time of about 26 weeks. 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 Mental Health Clinician?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mental Health Clinician is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Mental Health Clinician open access, and what is the APC?
Mental Health Clinician is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 250.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .