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International Journal of Mental Health
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International Journal of Mental Health

0020-7411

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/mimh20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 794 37 27 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 52
Documents by Best Scientists*: 40
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 28
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.668
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Mental Health?

International Journal of Mental Health was organized to reinforce research efforts on Mental health, Psychiatry, Nursing, Clinical psychology and Rehabilitation. The work on Mental health tackled in International Journal of Mental Health brings together disciplines like Psychological intervention, Health care and Public relations. The work on Health care presented in it focuses on Health policy in particular.

International Journal of Mental Health connects research in Psychiatry with the related topic of Psychotherapist. It investigates Nursing research which frequently intersects with Family medicine. The in-depth study on Rehabilitation also explores topics in the intersecting field of Psychosocial.

  • Mental health (47.19%)
  • Psychiatry (38.90%)
  • Nursing (14.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The SF-36 Health Survey: Development and use in mental-health research and the IQOLA project (487 citations)
  • Estimated Prevalence of RDC Mental Disorder in Primary Medical Care (234 citations)
  • The Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL) (181 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Mental Health:

The most cited publications mostly deal with topics like Mental health, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Social psychology and Nursing. The studies on Mental health discussed at the most cited publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Health care, Gerontology, Psychopharmacology, Refugee and Coping (psychology). The journal publications investigate Psychiatry research which frequently intersects with Primary care.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

International Journal of Mental Health mainly deals with areas of study such as Mental health, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. The Mental health works featured in it incorporate elements from Nursing and Biomarker (medicine). It features works in Nursing, more specifically Public health and Health policy, and explores their relation to disciplines like Social ecological model.

It focuses on Psychiatry but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Meta-analysis which is concerned with Job loss and Unemployment. The subject of Anxiety, which is connected to the field of Stress (linguistics), Psychoeducation and Randomized controlled trial, serves as the foundation of the Clinical psychology research featured in the journal. In addition to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research, it aims to explore topics under Psychological distress, Cognitive impairment and Audiology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Utilization of mental health services among university students in Vietnam (4 citations)
  • Controlled clinical trial of teacher-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for adolescents with clinically diagnosed depressive disorder in Nigeria (2 citations)
  • Clinical characteristics, hospital course, and outcomes among COVID-19 positive patients with mental illness in a community hospital in New York City (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in International Journal of Mental Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Martin Gittelman (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard H. Beinecke (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • M. Sh. Vrono (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Allen S. Daniels (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ronald W. Manderscheid (7 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in International Journal of Mental Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • St.Petersburg V.M.Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • New York University (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Toronto (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (8 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 6.98% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 62.50% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Learning Opportunities: Criminal Psychology in Colorado

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Paving your career path in criminal psychology necessitates dedication and a thirst for knowledge. Therefore, augmenting your theoretical understanding through academic articles and pursuing advanced education can shape you into a proficient professional in this discipline.

Top Publications

  • Suicidality and suicide prevention in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities: A systematic review

    Madeleine Bowden;Alicia McCoy;Nicola Reavley

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • The CREATE strategy of rehabilitation and recovery for mental illness in low resource settings: Development processes and evaluation from a proof of concept study in Kenya

    Arlene G. MacDougall;Arlene G. MacDougall;Terry Krupa;Rosemary Lysaght;Victoria Mutiso

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Empirical structure of DSM-5 and ICD-11 personality disorder traits in Arabic-speaking Algerian culture

    Bo Bach;Fares Zine El Abiddine

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Peer-delivered services and peer support reaching people with schizophrenia: A scoping review

    Megan Evans;Hannah Barker;Snigdha Peddireddy;Angela Zhang

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Risk and protection of suicidal behavior among Palestinian University Students in the Gaza Strip: An exploratory study in a context of military violence

    Guido Veronese;Marwan Diab;Yasser Abu Jamei;Sally Saleh

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • What have we learned about what works in sustaining mental health care and support services during a pandemic? Transferable insights from the COVID-19 response within the NHS Scottish context

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Optimistic recovery expectations are associated with critical attitudes toward coercion among mental health professionals

    Sonja Mötteli;Florian Hotzy;Fabian Lamster;Rahel Horisberger

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Access to mental health care in Canada

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • Responsiveness of support systems to address refugee young people’s mental health needs: Stakeholder perspectives from Turkey and the UK

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Translation and psychometric evaluation of the Chinese Adjustment Disorder – New Module 20

    Louisa Lorenz;Grace W. K. Ho;Athena C. Y. Chan;Daniel T. Bressington

    (2020)
    6 Citations

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