Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics
ISSN 1179-318X · Dove Medical Press · United Kingdom
Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 2,320; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 3 articles in 2025; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics is published by Dove Medical Press and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, together about 29.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal focusing on health, pathology, and treatment issues specific to the adolescent age group, including health issues affecting young people with cancer. Original research, reports, editorials, reviews, commentaries and adolescent-focused clinical trial design are welcomed. Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics follows WHO guidelines which define adolescents as those between the ages of 10 and 19 (https://www.who.int/southeastasia/health-topics/adolescent-health). All aspects of health maintenance, preventative measures, disease treatment interventions, studies investigating the poor outcomes for some treatments in this group of patients, and the challenges when transitioning from adolescent to adult care are addressed within the journal. Practitioners from all disciplines are invited to submit their work as well as health care researchers and patient support groups. Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication. Areas covered include Physical and mental development in the adolescent period Behavioral issues Pathologies and treatment interventions specific to this age group Prevalence and incidence studies Diet and nutrition Specific drug handling, efficacy, and safety issues Drug development programs Outcome studies, patient satisfaction, compliance, and adherence Patient and health education programs and studies Updated 16 January 2025
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions10.9%
- Adolescent and Pediatric HealthcareHealth Professions10.1%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine8.5%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine7%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology5.4%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine5%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in ESCI on 16 February 2026. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 147OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.83OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 218 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 105 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 191 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 171 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 112 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 5 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,320 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,990 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- case reportAuthors may use these detailed descriptions of different paper types accepted by Dove Medical Press (case reports, reviews, etc) to decide how to label their pa…Length not stated
- reviewAuthors may use these detailed descriptions of different paper types accepted by Dove Medical Press (case reports, reviews, etc) to decide how to label their pa…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest
- Conflicts of interest Self-Disclosure Patterns Among Children and Youth with Epilepsy: Impact of Perceived-Stigma
Clifford LM, Brothers SL, Lang A Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics 2023, 14:27-43 Published Date: 5 February 2023
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Dove Medical Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1179-318X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics
What CAS zone is Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pediatrics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Is Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics open access, and what is the APC?
Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,320.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .