Mental Health and Social Inclusion is an international journal written by researchers and practitioners for people working to promote the social inclusion of people with mental health conditions. Previous ISSN 2042-8316.
Research Article (for peer review) — up to 5500 words
Research Article (for editor review) — up to 5500 words
Opinion Piece — up to 5000 words
Service User Narrative — up to 5000 words
Case Study — up to 5000 words
Policy Review — up to 5000 words
Regular Journal Features — up to 5000 words
Editorial — up to 3000 words
Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.
Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.
Peer review type
Single anonymous peer review and a member of the editorial team OR editor review (author to request at submission).
Open access options
This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.
Accepted languages
This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.
Accepted submission files
Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.
