Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
ISSN 1559-8276 · eISSN 1559-8284 · SAGE
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; median 106 days to acceptance (77 articles, last 24 months); 226 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine is published by SAGE 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 Obesity and Health Practices, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Physical Activity and Health, together about 40% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions17.4%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine14.5%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine8.1%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine6.9%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology5.2%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine5.1%
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular PreventionMedicine4.2%
- Nutrition, Genetics, and DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 596OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.15%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 191LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,069 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 174 | 172 | 49 |
| 2025 | 226 | 217 | 435 |
| 2024 | 145 | 145 | 652 |
| 2023 | 143 | 118 | 721 |
| 2022 | 133 | 133 | 1,215 |
| 2021 | 109 | 108 | 1,508 |
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
106 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 77 days – 149 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 127 days
- Sample
- 77 articles with submission and acceptance dates (550 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1559-8276
- Electronic ISSN
- 1559-8284
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
What CAS zone is American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 77 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 106 days (interquartile range 77–149 days). 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.
Which databases index American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .