Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Annals of Epidemiology
ISSN 1047-2797 · eISSN 1873-2585 · Elsevier Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1990
Annals of Epidemiology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.63; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,820; median 136 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 277 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Epidemiology is published by Elsevier Inc. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Health disparities and outcomes and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 26.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sponsored by the American College of EpidemiologyAnnals of Epidemiology is devoted to epidemiologic research and methodological development. The journal emphasizes the application of epidemiologic methods to issues that affect the distribution and determinants of human illness in diverse contexts, and their impact on public health. Its primary focus is on chronic and acute conditions of diverse etiologies and of major importance to clinical medicine, public health, and health care delivery.Annals encourages the use of epidemiology in a multidisciplinary approach to understanding disease etiology. Annals accepts submissions in the following categories: Original research, Review articles, Editorials, Commentaries, Brief Communications, Letters to the Editor, and Protocols/Methods papers.The journal publishes topics including:Infectious and chronic diseasesEnvironmental healthPopulation based methods to describe health and disease and their determinantsNovel applications of epidemiologic methodsNovel data sources including registries, metadata, paradataAssessments of local and state public health data and programs using epidemiologic methodsUse of public health data and metrics to describe and assess equity in public health programsProtocols and methods, especially with novel study designs or analytic approachesFor more information concerning the American College of Epidemiology (ACE), please visit their home page at acepidemiology.org .
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences8.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.7%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine5.8%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine5.6%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science5.1%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine4.9%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 2.63LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 111LetPub ·
- h-index
- 186OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,907OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 179LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,073 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 212 | 91 | 23 |
| 2025 | 277 | 112 | 396 |
| 2024 | 201 | 83 | 507 |
| 2023 | 158 | 89 | 1,124 |
| 2022 | 216 | 119 | 1,393 |
| 2021 | 231 | 111 | 2,898 |
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
136 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 85 days – 182 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 4 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 137 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (348 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 66 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 110 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
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 3,820 / EUR 3,570 / GBP 3,060 / JPY 473,790 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,490 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
- Science, InterruptedDeadline
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 3,490 (excluding taxes). The amount you pay may be reduced during submission if applicable.Review this journal’s open access policy.
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
- Elsevier Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 1047-2797
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-2585
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Epidemiology
What CAS zone is Annals of Epidemiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of Epidemiology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annals of Epidemiology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.63; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 186.
How long does peer review take at Annals of Epidemiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 136 days (interquartile range 85–182 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Annals of Epidemiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Epidemiology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annals of Epidemiology open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Epidemiology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,820.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .