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Aims and scope
Evidence-Based Mental Health (EBMH) updates researchers and mental health practitioners with clinical reviews, research and opinion on recent developments in the field and their clinical applications.
EBMH also features case conferences, expert commentaries and practical statistics articles which enable clinicians to learn and apply an evidence-based approach to their own clinical practice.
Submissions and article proposals are welcomed by the international editorial team, which is led by Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford).
Editorial Board
For information about Evidence-Based Mental Health’s Editor-in-Chief Professor Andrea Cipriani and his editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.
Ownership
Evidence-Based Mental Health is co-owned by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the British Psychological Society and BMJ.
Journal information
| Publication Model | Subscription; with hybrid open access option |
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| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Launch date | 1998 |
| Digital Archive | LOCKSS |
| Indexed by | Web of Science Core Colledction: Emerging Sources Citation Index, MEDLINE (Index Medicus), PubMed Central (BMJ Open Access Special Collection), Scopus, Embase (Excerpta Medica), Google Scholar |
| Peer Review Model | Single blind; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author |
| Print ISSN | 1362-0347 |
| Online ISSN | 1468-960X |
Journal statistics (2019)
| Acceptance Rate | 71% |
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| Time from submission to first decision | 18 days |
| Time from acceptance to publication (online) | 15 days |
Contact information
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Royal College of Psychiatrists‘ members are entitled to free access to the full text of Evidence-Based Mental Health. Gain your free access here (you will need your Royal College of Psychiatrists website secure area login details). A discounted print rate for members is also available.
British Psychological Society members can subscribe to print/online at a discounted rate.
BMJ is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.
The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting transparent, accurate reporting of research studies. BMJ is a sponsor of its activities.
BMJ is a founding organisation of the AllTrials initiative, which calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their results reported.