Journal of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
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Answers about Journal of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Publication
After acceptance, the manuscript proceeds through the journal's publication process, which may include editorial checks, formatting, proofreading, and preparation for online publication.
Published articles are made available online through the journal's website in accordance with its open-access publishing model.
Authors may contact the editorial office if they wish to request withdrawal of a manuscript. Withdrawal requests are subject to the journal's applicable editorial and publication policies.
Yes. Authors are expected to follow appropriate standards of research integrity, publication ethics, authorship, originality, conflict-of-interest disclosure, and protection of research participants.
Where a case report contains information that could identify a patient, authors should obtain appropriate informed consent for publication and protect patient confidentiality.
Journal Information
- Journal Name: Journal of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- Journal Short Name: J Ment Health Substance Use
- Language: English
- Format of Publication: Online
- Starting Year: 2020
- Focus Subject: Mental Health Disorders, Substance Abuse, and Addiction
- Publication Model: Online
- Frequency of Publication: One Issue a Year
- Review Process: Single blind peer-review by referees
- Time to 1st Decision: 2 to 3 weeks from date of submission
- Time to Acceptance: 4 to 6 weeks, depending upon the required revision cycles
- Time to Publication: 1 to 3 weeks from date of final submission in the forthcoming issue
- DOI Prefix: 10.7620
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