Finding the right place to submit your mental health-focused statistical methods paper or your interesting statistical application in mental health data can be challenging. We have compiled a list of journals that may be suitable. The list is separated into two types of journals: journals specifically focused on methods for mental health research, and mental health clinical journals that also publish some methodologic papers. Impact factors and example papers are also provided.
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Mental Health Methods-Focused Journals
Psychological Methods
2019 Impact Factor: 8.430
Example Manuscript
Schafer, J. L., & Kang, J. (2008). Average causal effects from nonrandomized studies: A practical guide and simulated example. Psychological Methods, 13, 279-313. doi:10.1037/a0014268
Psychometrika
2019 Impact Factor: 1.959
Example Manuscripts
Hong, H., Rudolph, K. E., and Stuart, E. A. (in press). Bayesian approach for addressing differential covariate measurement error in propensity score methods. Psychometrika.
Scherer, E.A., Huang, L, Shrier, L.A. (in press). Application of Correlated Time-to-Event Models to Ecological Momentary Assessment Data. Psychometrika.
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
2019 Impact Factor: 2.341
Example Manuscript
Azur, M., Stuart, E. A., Frangakis, C. M., and Leaf, P. J. (2011). Multiple imputation by chained equations: What is it and how does it work? International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 20, 40-49. doi:10.1002/mpr.329
Behavior Research Methods
2019 Impact Factor: 4.435
Example manuscript
de Heus P. R squared effect-size measures and overlap between direct and indirect effect in mediation analysis. (2012) Behavior Research Methods, 44(1):213-221.
Multivariate Behavioral Research
2019 Impact Factor: 2.750
Example Manuscript
Jo, B., Stuart, E. A., MacKinnon, D. P., and Vinokur, A. D. (2011). The use of propensity scores in mediation analysis. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 46, 425-452. doi:10.1080/00273171.2011.576624
Structural Equation Modeling
2019 Impact Factor 3.638
Example Manuscript
Nguyen, TQ, Webb-Vargas, Y, Koning, IM, Stuart, EA (2016). Causal mediation analysis with a binary outcome and multiple continuous or ordinal mediators: Simulations and application to an alcohol intervention. Structural Equation Modeling, 23, 368-383. doi:10.1080/10705511.2015.1062730.
Methodology (European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences)
2019 Impact Factor: 1.242
Yang, Y. & Green, S.B. (2015). Evaluation of structural equation modeling estimates of reliability for scales with ordered categorical items. Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 11, 23-34. doi: 10.1027/1614-2241/a000087
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
2019 Impact Factor: 2.042
Example Manuscript
Si, Y., & Reiter, J. P. (2013). Nonparametric Bayesian multiple imputation for incomplete categorical variables in large-scale assessment surveys. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 38, 499-521. doi:10.3102/1076998613480394
Mental Health Journals that Publish Methods Papers
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
2019 Impact Factor: 4.632
Example Manuscripts
Siddique, J., Chung, J. Y., Brown, C. H., & Miranda, J. (2012). Comparative effectiveness of medication versus cognitive behavioral therapy in a randomized controlled trial of predominantly low-income young minority women with depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80, 995-1006. doi:10.1037/a0030452
Green, K. M., and Stuart, E. A. (2014). Examining moderation analyses in propensity score methods: Application to depression and substance use. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82, 773-783. doi:10.1037/a0036515
Prevention Science
2019 Impact Factor: 3.103
Example Manuscripts
Hedeker, D. (2015). Methods for multilevel ordinal data in prevention research. Prevention Science, 16, 997-1006. doi:10.1007/s11121-014-0495-x
Stuart, E. A., Bradshaw, C. P., and Leaf, P. J. (2015). Assessing the generalizability of randomized trial results to target populations. Prevention Science, 16, 475-485. doi:10.1007/s11121-014-0513-z
Assessment
2019 Impact Factor: 3.706
Oosterhuis, H.E., van der Ark, L.A., & Sijtsma, K. (2016). Sample size requirements for traditional regression-based norms. Assessment, 23, 191-202. doi: 10.1177/1073191115580638
Developmental Psychology
2019 Impact Factor: 3.063
Example Manuscript
Stuart, E. A. and Green, K. M. (2008). Using full matching to estimate causal effects in non-experimental studies: Examining the relationship between adolescent marijuana use and adult outcomes. Developmental Psychology, 44, 395-406. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.395