Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health: Impact Factor 2026, APC, Indexing and Published Papers

Based on 198 research articles Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health published from Dec 2025 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 139 days, and half of them were accepted between 99 and 184 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 18 days. Data updated October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.

Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health is 4.92: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 4.92 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

The h-index of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health is 91 (October 2026): 91 of its papers have each been cited at least 91 times. Its i10-index is 816.

The listed article processing charge (APC) is about US$3,190 for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.

A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.

Yes. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Yes. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Yes. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

We track 1 paper published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health in 2024, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health follows the policy of BioMed Central (BMC): BMC follows Springer Nature's waiver list: 100% for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.

Yes. 2 retracted papers are on record for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are error in analyses, error in results and/or conclusions, lack of irb/iacuc approval and/or compliance. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.

74% of 200 recent research articles in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health name a funder; the funders named most often are National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Social Science Fund of China, National Institute of Mental Health.