Journal profile
Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing
ISSN 1647-2160 · Sociedade Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental · Portugal
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Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 18 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing is published by Sociedade Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychiatric care and mental health services, Occupational Health and Burnout and Mental Health Treatment and Access, together about 27.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Portuguese Journal of Mental Health Nursing aims to divulge and defuse scientific knowledge, in such way that national and international debate on relevant themes to research and development in mental health may be stimulate, through the publication of original, opinion articles, revision or actualisation works, applied research papers in mental health or similar areas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Carlos SequeiraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 7 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology13%
- Occupational Health and BurnoutHealth Professions8%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology6.3%
- Psychology and Mental HealthPsychology5.8%
- Family Caregiving in Mental IllnessPsychology5.1%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine4.9%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions4.9%
- Nursing care and researchHealth Professions4.6%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
national and international data basisPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 378 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 113 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 155 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 254 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 300 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 237 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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 | EUR 50 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 50 | — | — |
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 accepted3
- good practices / reflection articlesThis journal actually presents the following sections: research articles, literature revision articles, good practices / reflection articles.Length not stated
- literature revision articlesThis journal actually presents the following sections: research articles, literature revision articles, good practices / reflection articles.Length not stated
- research articlesThis journal actually presents the following sections: research articles, literature revision articles, good practices / reflection articles.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
COPE-aligned publishing ethics. Model summary
The ethical principles hereby defined, are in accordance with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing written by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) applies to all journal contents except where otherwise noted Model summary
All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access for all accepted papers. Model summary
All papers accepted for publishing in Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental are made available online in open access.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review. Model summary
Proposed articles are appreciated in a Double Blinded process.
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.
Before you submit
Four checks before submitting to Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Psychiatric care and mental health services, Occupational Health and Burnout.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Author guidelines ↗
- 3FeesEUR 50 (DOAJ)Fee details
- 4Expected review timeabout 14 weeks · Community averageReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Sociedade Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1647-2160
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing
How long does peer review take at Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Portuguese Review of Mental Health Nursing is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .