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Social Determinants of Mental Health

New Content Item (1)The journal presents its new collection on the social determinants of mental health in populations affected by armed conflict, humanitarian crises, and forced migration. 
Mental health of populations affected by armed conflict, humanitarian crises, and forced migration is shaped by the social, economic but also physical environment in which people live. 

Editors-in-Chief Editorial: Preserving the scientific integrity of open science in conflict and health

Since its creation, the journal Conflict and Health has been committed to fostering rigorous, independent, and accessible research that informs humanitarian practice and policy. The politicisation of data, restrictions on research funding, and barriers to the dissemination of an assembled body of knowledge threaten to undermine scientific integrity and hinder the ability of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to develop effective, evidence-based responses.

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Aims and scope

Conflict and Health is a highly-accessed, open access journal providing a global platform to disseminate insightful and impactful studies documenting the public health impacts and responses related to armed conflict, humanitarian crises, and forced migration. 

The journal provides a global platform to disseminate insightful and impactful studies. These span a broad range of public health topics including infectious disease prevention and control, nutrition, reproductive and maternal health, sexual and gender-based violence, mental health, non-communicable diseases, health systems, and ethics in conflicts and humanitarian crises.

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Editors-in-Chief

Daniela Fuhr, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology, Germany and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Karl Blanchet, Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, Switzerland

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Announcing the launch of In Review

Conflict and Health, in partnership with Research Square, is now offering In Review. Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:

  • Share their work with fellow researchers to read, comment on, and cite even before publication.
  • Showcase their work to funders and others with a citable DOI while it is still under review.
  • Track their manuscript â€“ including seeing when reviewers are invited, and when reports are received.

Read more about the full range of benefits of In Review and how to opt in, or see the In Review platform for yourself here.

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Annual Journal Metrics

Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 3.1
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.6
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.357
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.279

Speed 2024
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 11
Submission to acceptance (median days): 147

Usage 2024
Downloads: 826,637
Altmetric mentions: 4,470

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