Discover Mental Health

Aims & Scope

Discover Mental Health is a fully open access journal that publishes research across the transdisciplinary field of mental health research.

The journal welcomes work in theoretical and fundamental sciences, as well as clinical sciences and public health and health services research.

The journal will consider work covering the full range of socioeconomic, biological and environmental factors related to the broad field of mental health research.

Discover Mental Health is an open access journal that supports the pre-registration of studies and access to research data.

Topics: Discover Mental Health will publish mental health research that covers topics including, but not limited to, the following: Cell biology, molecular biology, genetics and genomics, pathophysiology, neuroimaging, neurobiology, psychopharmacology, clinical science pertaining to psychiatry, clinical psychology and wider mental health aspects (including prevention, assessment and diagnosis, prognosis, interventions and treatments as well as the interface of mental health and physical health or disease), public health and health services research that looks at mental health intervention and management, epidemiology, and all forms of translational mental health studies covering fundamental research to global health.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Embase

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,090.00 EUR. Learn more.

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