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International Journal of Forensic Mental Health is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.2), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 1499-9013Verify ISSN ↗1932-9903Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatric Mental Health | 18 / 47 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Pathology and Forensic Medicine | 90 / 209 | 57th | Q2 |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | 291 / 580 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.2.
International Journal of Forensic Mental Health is Q2 in Psychiatric Mental Health (rank 18 of 47), Q2 in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (rank 90 of 209) and Q3 in Psychiatry and Mental Health (rank 291 of 580), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Forensic Mental Health is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.392, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 47.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,650 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of Forensic Mental Health is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1499-9013 and its online ISSN is 1932-9903.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Forensic Mental Health has an h-index of 57 and a 2-year mean of 2.04 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 46 Scopus journals in Psychiatric Mental Health.
International Journal of Forensic Mental Health published 36 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 40. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (29.1%), Canada (18.6%) and Australia (15.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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