Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Annals of Global Health
ISSN 2214-9996 · Levy Library Press · UNITED STATES · bimonthly · Founded 2015
Annals of Global Health: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.57; fully open access; APC about USD 2,031; median 87 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); 92 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Global Health is published by Levy Library Press 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 Global Health and Surgery, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology and Global Maternal and Child Health, together about 48.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ANNALS OF GLOBAL HEALTH is a peer-reviewed, open access journal focused on global health. The journal’s mission is to advance and disseminate knowledge of global health. Its goals are improve the health and well-being of all people, advance health equity and promote wise stewardship of the earth’s environment. The journal is supported by the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College. It was founded in 1934 by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine. It is a partner journal of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Philip J. LandriganPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 37, Italy 4, Japan 1, Canada 1, Australia 1 (51 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Health and SurgeryMedicine22.6%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting13.8%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine12.5%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions6.3%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing5.3%
- Health and Conflict StudiesHealth Professions3.8%
- HIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.6%
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchMedicine3.5%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SSCIWeb of SciencePMCPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, CNKI, J-Gate, OCLC, CLOCKSS, Crossref, Sherpa Romeo
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 4.57LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 679OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 84LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,150 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 99 | 99 | 32 |
| 2025 | 92 | 92 | 310 |
| 2024 | 84 | 84 | 801 |
| 2023 | 90 | 90 | 1,783 |
| 2022 | 108 | 108 | 1,557 |
| 2021 | 126 | 126 | 2,457 |
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
87 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 51 days – 137 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (105 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 117 days
- Sample
- 105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (210 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)
- about 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,031 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,200 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,365 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,108 / USD 1,908 / USD 200 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- commentaryinterests. Focus Editorials are expert commentaries invited by the editors to accompany important original science manuscripts and are 1500 words in length. For…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorialAbstract No abstract. Word limit 1500 words including text, references, and acknowledgements but not the title page. Cover Letter State type of manuscript, the …main text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorialsEditorials are expert commentaries invited by the editors to accompany important original science manuscripts and are 1500 words in length.Length not stated
- letters to the editorAbstract None required. Word limit 800 words including text, references and acknowledgements but not the title page. References should be limited to 5. Cover Le…main text ≤ 800 words
- reviewAbstract Structured abstract required. This should include the sections: background, objective(s), methods (which should include description of strategies used …main text ≤ 300 words · abstract ≤ 300 words
- viewpointuctured abstract should be provided for viewpoint articles that are over 1,000 words. Word limit 2500 words including text, references, and acknmain text ≤ 1,000 words
- viewpointsViewpoints have no set format beyond the basic building blocks of a regular article (ie, title, manuscript text, subheads as needed, references, and author info…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
In a separate document, state any potential conflicts of interest for each author or confirm that there are none. Each author should sign the document. Electronic signatures are acceptable. See our guidelines for competing interests.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data Accessibility: Authors must include a statement on how and where openly available data, structured methods, or code can be accessed, including repository location and DOI. Model summary
If data, structured methods, or code used in the research project have been made openly available, a statement should be added to inform the reader how and where to access these files. This should include the repository location and the DOI linking to it.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics and Consent: Research involving human subjects must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki, be approved by an appropriate ethics committee, and include a statement of approval in the article text. Model summary
Research involving human subjects, human material, or human data, must have been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Where applicable, studies must have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee and the authors should include a statement within the article text detailing this approval, including the name of the ethics committee and reference number of the approval.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Permissions: The author is responsible for obtaining all permissions for third-party content prior to submission. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms. If a submission is rejected or withdrawn prior to publication, all rights return to the author(s): Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement. Authors are encouraged to publish th…
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
- Levy Library Press
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- bimonthly
- Founded
- 2015
- ISSN
- 2214-9996
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 92, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Global Health
What CAS zone is Annals of Global Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of Global Health 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 Global Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.57; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 76.
How long does peer review take at Annals of Global Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 87 days (interquartile range 51–137 days); authors report an average review time of about 11 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Annals of Global Health?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: AMA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Annals of Global Health based?
Of the 51 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (37), Italy (4) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Annals of Global Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Global Health is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SSCI, Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Annals of Global Health open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Global Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,031.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .