Is Issues in mental health nursing SCI Indexed? Indexing Status & Metrics

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor

3.16

Citation rate 2.06 626 total citations

h5-index 24 h5 depth signal

Cited share 64.7% 202 of 312

Total citations 626 Citation footprint

Metric signal 2.00 External metric anchor

Self-citation 6.9% 43 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 764

Australia 338

Sweden 134

United Kingdom 96

Canada 72

Citing Fields of Research

Psychiatry 1,124

Psychiatry & Psychology 669

Patient Care 333

Palliative Care 134

Healthcare Policy 107

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 4,274 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime

Indexed publication set 312 202 cited publications

Last 12 months 188 15.7 publications/month

Open access share 20.7% 39 OA publications in the last year

Leading citing country United States 764 citing publications

Leading citing field Psychiatry 1,124 citing publications

Latest tracked publication 16 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE

v1,spring 1978-

PubMed

v1,spring 1978-

International nursing index

v1,spring 1978-v21n2,Mar. 2000

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Psychiatry Psychiatry & Psychology Patient Care

Broad Categories

Nursing Psychology Psychiatry

MeSH Descriptors

Psychiatric Nursing

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01 16 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/01612840.2026.2745964

Beyond Facilitation: Reconceptualising the Psychiatric Nurse’s Role in Shared Decision-Making

Open DOI

Mei-Hsin Ho, Chia-Jung Hu, Chun-Liong Tung et al.

Shared decision-making (SDM) is a foundational principle of contemporary mental health care, reflecting a shift from paternalistic models of professional authority towards collaborative, person-cen...

02 14 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/01612840.2026.2742487

Perceived Family Functioning and Social Adaptation Levels in Patients with Depression

Open DOI

Büşra Sanal, Nihan Altan Sarıkaya

03 13 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/01612840.2026.2741669

Post-Master’s Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Students’ Perspectives on Addressing Mental Health Stigma in the Post-COVID-19 Era: A Qualitative Description Study

Open DOI

Joseph P. De Santis, Beatriz Valdes, Giovanna C. De Oliveira et al.

Approximately 23% of adults in the United States (U.S.), estimated at 60 million people, experienced a mental disorder in 2024 (Reinert et al., 2024). Many of those diagnosed with mental disorders ...

04 5 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/01612840.2026.2739250