Depression

BMJ Mental Health

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Andrea Cipriani, University of Oxford

BMJ Mental Health is an open access, peer reviewed journal publishing evidence-based, innovative research, systematic reviews, and methodological papers in all areas of mental health. It facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration among psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health professionals, encourages debate on clinically relevant topics, and informs real world practice to improve patient and carer outcomes.

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High impact and visibility: Journal Impact Factor: 13.538 and CiteScore: 15.2
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Rapid publication: median time to first decision without review: 2 days and median time from acceptance to publication: 26 days

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