Submissions

This journal is not accepting submissions at this time.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format (.rtf is preferred).
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • Language of submission is English.

Author Guidelines

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Journal publishes articles of the International Conference on Mental Health Care "Mental Health: global challenges of XXI century". Additionally, we welcome high-quality submissions from researchers and practitioners outside of these conferences. More information about conference is available on the Conference website 

Author\s is\are required to sign:

1. Licence Agreement to publish the work

2. Conflict of Interest Form

Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines and Information for Authors.  Authors need to send an email to the Organizational\Academic Committee of the Conference or to the Editor-in-Chief viktor.vus@mhgcj.org  

LANGUAGE

English.

All the writing should be clear, concise, and logical. Appropriate academic language should be used. At the same time, the language should not impede scientific meaning or cause confusion.

Article Processing Charges (APC) and Publication Policy

Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal (MHGCJ) is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal dedicated to advancing research dissemination, enhancing academic visibility, and fostering international dialogue in global mental health and MHPSS.

To support the sustainability and quality of our publication process, cover operational expenses — including digital infrastructure, independent double-blind peer review administration, maintain editorial workflows — the journal applies a fixed Article Processing Charge (APC) of 420 EUR per accepted manuscript.

Editorial Independence and Quality Assurance

  • Merit-Based Assessment: Manuscripts are evaluated solely on their methodological rigor, conceptual contribution, evidentiary validity, and ethical integrity.
  • No Submission Charges: The journal charges no fees for manuscript submission, initial desk screening, or the management of the peer-review process.
  • Payment Upon Acceptance: Authors are required to pay the APC only after their manuscript has successfully completed the peer-review process and received formal acceptance from the Editorial Board.
  • Firewall on Financial Data: Section Editors, Associate Editors, and external peer reviewers have no access to authors' payment status, billing details, or waiver requests during the evaluation process.
  • Synergy with Academic Platforms: MHGCJ actively welcomes high-quality submissions from independent researchers as well as extended, fully developed papers originating from affiliated academic conferences, symposia, and global mental health initiatives. This inclusive approach ensures that our content remains diverse, relevant, and reflective of the latest empirical advancements. All submissions—whether submitted independently or developed from academic events—undergo identical, rigorous double-blind peer review.

Fee Waivers and Financial Inclusion

The Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal is firmly committed to ensuring that financial barriers do not impede the publication of high-quality research. To support a diverse range of contributors and promote global equity, the journal provides full and partial Article Processing Charge (APC) waivers and discounts under the following framework:

  • Low-Income Economies: Corresponding authors affiliated with institutions in countries classified by the World Bank as Low-Income Economies are eligible for full or partial waivers upon formal request.
  • Financial Hardship: Independent researchers and scholars who do not have institutional backing, research grants, or dedicated organizational funding may apply for an APC waiver during initial submission.

Procedure for Requesting a Waiver

Waiver requests must be submitted prior to or at the time of initial manuscript submission. Requests received after the peer-review process has commenced will not be considered.

To apply for an APC waiver or discount, please contact the Editorial Office at viktor.vus@mhgcj.org with the following details:

  1. Full manuscript title and structured abstract.
  2. Complete institutional affiliations of all co-authors.
  3. A concise statement outlining the circumstances and basis for the waiver request

TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS

The journal accepts manuscripts such as theoretical articles, research articles, reviews, case-studies, extended abstracts

SUBMISSION OF PUBLICATIONS

Submissions should be sent as 2 separate files:

1. Title page with author\s information 

2. Main text - without author\s information.

The preferred format is *.rtf. All manuscripts should be generally outlined and edited to conform to the APA writing style.

All submissions will be peer reviewed before entering the publication process.

All the data in manuscripts should correspond with the strict application of the scientific method to ensure robust and unbiased experimental design, methodology, analysis, interpretation and reporting of results. This includes full transparency in reporting experimental details so that others may reproduce and extend the findings.

Important. The volume of paper – including figures and references – must not exceed 27 000 characters (15 pages of typescript)

The abstract should contain 150-300 words

 

MANUSCRIPT TEMPLATE-GUIDELINES 

Authors can download instructions for writing and manuscript template-guidelines here

AI using policies

Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal follows recommendations:

Any use of genAI must be additionally disclosed by authors/reviewers/editors.

Authors/reviewers/editors must ensure they have the necessary rights to all content uploaded to public genAI platforms (e.g., language improvement, formatting), considering confidentiality and proprietary rights.

 

Privacy Statement

Ethical Principles.

Study Participants: All study participants have the right to privacy that must not be violated without informed consent. Identifying information, including names, initials, hospital numbers or any other personally identifying information will not be published in written descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific/research purposes and the patient/research participant (or parent or guardian) has given expressed informed consent for publication. Informed consent for this purpose requires that an identifiable individual be shown the manuscript to be published. Authors must disclose to these individuals whether any potential identifiable material might be available via the Internet as well as in print after publication. Study participant consent should be written and archived with the journal, the authors, or both, as dictated by local regulations or laws. The Journal requires that all authors obtain written study participant consent and that this be archived by the author and available for inspection for a period of at least three years. A written statement should be included in the manuscript that attests that the authors have obtained and archived written study participant consent. Nonessential identifying details should be omitted. Informed consent should be obtained if there is any doubt that anonymity can be maintained. If identifying characteristics are altered to protect anonymity, such as in genetic pedigrees, authors should provide assurance, and editors should so note, that such alterations do not distort scientific meaning.
Manuscripts will be reviewed with due respect for authors’ and reviewers’ confidentiality. Our editors have been instructed to not disclose information about manuscripts (including their receipt, content, status in the reviewing process, criticism by reviewers, or ultimate fate) to anyone other than the authors and reviewers. Manuscripts sent for review are privileged communications. Therefore, reviewers and members of the editorial staff must respect the authors’ rights by not publicly discussing the authors’ work or appropriating their ideas before the manuscript is published. Reviewers may not make copies of the manuscript for their files and will not share it with others, except with the editor’s permission. Reviewers should return or destroy copies of manuscripts after submitting reviews.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution License International CC-BY, that allows others to share the work, with an acknowledgement of the works authorship and initial publication in the Journal. N.B. Since Volume 2025, the journal has changed its license to the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0. Authors who publish with this journal since volume 2025 retain all copyrights and agree to the terms of the above-mentioned CC BY 4.0
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal .
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as an earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).