期刊名称：Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
印刷版ISSN：1753-2000
电子版ISSN：1753-2000
出版年度：2021
卷号：15
DOI：10.1186/s13034-021-00426-x
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (CAPMH) was founded in 2007, an initiative of Prof. Fegert. He served as the Editor-in-Chief, with support from Dr. Benedetto Vitiello (Italy) as Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Prof. Goldbeck (Germany) and Jacinta Tan (UK) as Associate Editors. The journal was the first independent, open access, online journal in the field with the mission to provide an international platform for rapid and comprehensive scientific communication on child and adolescent mental health issues from diverse cultures and contexts.
The first issue of CAPMH was released in 2007. In February 2013, CAPMH became the official journal of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) and has later also been affiliated with the European Association for Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychology and other involved Professions (EFCAP). Since its inception, the journal has grown rapidly and has received funding by different foundations. However, the journal also faced difficulties and setbacks as sadly, Prof. Goldbeck, one of the founding editors, unexpectedly passed away in 2017.
To further establish the journal in the field of child mental health, the editorial work assertively to establish an impact factor. CAPMH was under consideration to receive an impact factor in 2009 and 2011. Finally, an impact factor was received in 2015. The current impact factor for 2020 is 3.033—a remarkable achievement given the young age and broad mission of the journal. With the new impact factor, the journal has climbed up to rank 37 in Pediatrics, ranks 91 in Psychiatry (Science Citation Index Expanded, SCIE) and remains at rank 66 in Psychiatry (Social Science Citation Index, SSCI), underlining the importance of the journal in the field of child mental health.
The growth of the journal is also reflected in the number of submissions received. Most notably, a dramatic increase in submissions was observed after the journal was awarded an impact factor. Another indicator for the success of the journal is the number of downloads of published articles. With now almost 8,00,000 downloads per year, scholars and practitioners publishing within the journal reach a vast readership worldwide.
Since its foundation the aim of the journal has been to increase the knowledge base related to the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of mental health conditions in children and adolescents, and to integrate basic science, clinical research and the practical implementation of research findings [
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