The Military Behavioral Health: An International Journal of Research and Community Studyis the flagship journal aggregating current knowledge about the biopsychosocial health and well-being of service members, veterans, and families impacted by military service.
The journal will disseminate peer-reviewed, high-quality behavioral health research related to this population to a broad domestic and international, multidisciplinary audience. Disciplines whose work contributes to the corpus of Military Behavioral Health knowledge include, but are not limited to: Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Sociology, Organizational Behavior, and Anthropology. Research found in Military Behavioral Health will adhere to the National Institutes of Health Guidelines of behavioral and social sciences research in that it is not restricted by discipline or methodological approach, but is characterized by the following attributes:
an emphasis on theory-driven research;
the search for general principles of behavioral and social functioning;
he importance ascribed to a developmental, lifespan perspective that reflects resilience as well as challenges;
an emphasis on individual variation, and variation across sociodemographics categories such as gender, age, and sociocultural status; and a focus on both the social and biological contexts of behavior.
Topics of interest to the journal include behavioral health issues at both the micro and macro levels.
MICRO LEVEL
(Co)Morbidity of behavioral health issues in veterans and military families
Evidence-based clinical practices
Family maltreatment
Substance use/abuse
Medical social work/care management
Child/Adolescent/Geriatrics
Forensic behavioral health
Military detention facilities/Detainees
Behavioral health risk assessment
Trauma, sexual assault, PTSD
School-based interventions
Prevention/resiliency enhancement
Traumatic brain injuries
Family/child coping with loss
MACRO LEVEL
Program evaluation
Education/Training programs
Impact of policy on units/individuals
Impact of leadership on group well-being
Deployment acculturation
Research technologies/methodologies
Program management
Accession/Retention of behavioral health professionals
Cost containment
School/Command consultation
Unit/Organizational needs assessment
Preventative Medicine
Epidemiology
Cross-cultural assessment/treatment
Civilian affairs and nation building
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15 days avg. from acceptance to online
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52% acceptance rate
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Impact Factor*:
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Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
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Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
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a four-year period.
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SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
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potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
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Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Samuel Odom, Ph.D., MPH, ACSW Editor, Military Behavioral Health School of Social Work Tulane University 127 Elk Pl New Orleans, LA 70112
Nikki R. Wooten, Ph.D, LISW-CP Senior Associate Editor, Military Behavioral Health College of Social Work University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29201
Missy Malone, Ph.D., LMSW Managing Editor, Military Behavioral Health Professor of Practice Tulane University School of Social Work 127 Elk Place New Orleans, LA 70112
Associate Editors
Colonel Anthony Cox, Ph.D., LCSW-S, U.S. Army (Ret) - US Army Medical Center of Excellence, Department of Behavioral Health Sciences Lisa H. Glassman, Ph.D. - Naval Health Research Center (Leidos Contractor); VA San Diego; University of California, San Diego Lieutenant Colonel Dexter R. Freeman, Ph.D., LCSW, U. S. Army (Ret), US Army - University of Kentucky Colonel James A Martin, U.S. Army (Ret), Ph.D., ACSW, LICSW (Retired) - Bryn Mawr College Major Charu Stokes-Williams, Ph.D., LCSW - U. S. Air Force
Editorial Board David Albright, Ph.D. - University of Alabama, School of Social Work Kathryn Karusaitis Basham, Ph.D. - Smith College School for Social Work David Bringhurst, Ph.D. - USC Suzanne Dworak - Peck School of Social Work Carla S. Burch, PMP, MS - Commander, U. S. Public Health Service Jacqueline Dyer, PhD, LICSW - Simmons University, School of Social Work Nicola T. Fear, Ph.D. - Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London Keita Franklin, Ph.D., LCSW- Former DOD/VA Executive; Chief Clinical Officer, Loyal Source Kenyuatia L. Gash - DSW, LCSW - VISN 4, Department of Veterans Affairs Thomas Joiner, Ph.D. - Department of Psychology, The Florida State University Patricia Lester, M.D. - Dept. of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Allyson O’Connor, DSW, LCSW - Tulane University, School of Social Work Eugenia Weiss, Ph.D. - University of Nevada, Reno School of Social Work Brenda Wiederhold, Ph.D. - President, Virtual Reality Institute, Belgium
Abstracting and indexing
Military Behavioral Health is indexed in the following services:
National Center for PTSD Database
Open access
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Journal of Military Social Work and Behavioral Health Services: An International Journal of Theory, Practice & Research
(2024 - current)
Formerly known as
Military Behavioral Health
(2013 - 2023)
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