Journal profile · Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Annals of Work Exposures and Health
ISSN 2398-7308 · eISSN 2398-7316 · Oxford University Press · United Kingdom
Annals of Work Exposures and Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.99; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,686; median 143 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 95 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Work Exposures and Health is published by Oxford University 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 Air Quality and Health Impacts, Occupational exposure and asthma and Occupational and environmental lung diseases, together about 37.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Annals of Work Exposures and Health is dedicated to presenting advances in exposure science supporting the recognition, quantification, and control of exposures at work, and epidemiological studies on their effects on human health and well-being. A key question we apply to submission is, "Is this paper going to help readers better understand, quantify, and control conditions at work that adversely or positively affect health and well-being?" We are interested in high quality scientific research addressing: the quantification of work exposures, including chemical, biological, physical, biomechanical, and psychosocial, and the elements of work organization giving rise to such exposures; the relationship between these exposures and the acute and chronic health consequences for those exposed and their families and communities; populations at special risk of work-related exposures including women, under-represented minorities, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups such as temporary, contingent and informal sector workers; the effectiveness of interventions addressing exposure and risk including production technologies, work process engineering, and personal protective systems; policies and management approaches to reduce risk and improve health and well-being among workers, their families or communities; methodologies and mechanisms that underlie the quantification and/or control of exposure and risk. There is heavy pressure on space in the journal, and the above interests mean that we do not usually publish papers that simply report local conditions without generalizable results. We are also unlikely to publish reports on human health and well-being without information on the work exposure characteristics giving rise to the effects. We particularly welcome contributions from scientists based in, or addressing conditions in, developing economies that fall within the above scope. The Annals of Work Exposures and Health was formerly known as The Annals of Occupational Hygiene. Abstracting and Indexing Services Annals of Work Exposures and Health is covered by a number of major indexing services including the following: Science Citation Index Science Citation Index Expanded Current Contents - Clinical Medicine Biological Abstracts BIOSIS Previews Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 2.1 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 2.3 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (Rank by Impact Factor) 231/443 2025 Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) 0.63 Publ
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Rachael M. JonesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 10, United Kingdom 7, Australia 5, Netherlands 3, Denmark 3 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science13.2%
- Occupational exposure and asthmaMedicine12.8%
- Occupational and environmental lung diseasesMedicine11.6%
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial ExposureEnvironmental Science9.4%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions5.6%
- Infection Control and VentilationMedicine4.5%
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions4.2%
- Chemical Safety and Risk ManagementChemical Engineering3.4%
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 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
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
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
- 1.99LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 385OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 52.89%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 267,493Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,730 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 196 | 47 | 7 |
| 2025 | 95 | 62 | 150 |
| 2024 | 390 | 293 | 398 |
| 2023 | 342 | 211 | 613 |
| 2022 | 90 | 70 | 794 |
| 2021 | 119 | 83 | 1,273 |
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
143 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 98 days – 210 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (211 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
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision 2025
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 44 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 | GBP 2,795 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- No page charges
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
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- commentariesCommentariesLength not stated
- commentarynce as cited in the material presented. Commentaries are normally under 2000 words, and are peer reviewed through our normal process. Lettersmain text ≤ 2,000 words
- editorialhers if invited by the editor to do so. Editorials are generally under 1500 words. Peer review is at the Chief Editor’s discretion, but willmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorialsEditorialsLength not stated
- letters having appeared previously in Annals. Letters are normally less than 1000 words, and are peer reviewed at the discretion of the Chief Editomain text ≤ 1,000 words
- letters to the editorA letter to the editor may be submitted by any reader on any topic of interest to the readership, including comments on papers having appeared previously in Ann…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- original research paperpported by the data and their analysis. Original research papers must be under 5,000 words, and have up to six tables or figures. Original research pamain text ≤ 5,000 words
- original research papersOriginal research papersLength not stated
- reviewtic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRIMSA). Reviews are normally less than 5000 words and have up to six tables or figures, and are peer reviewedmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articleReview articles review the scientific evidence addressing a topic of interest to occupational hygiene scientists or practitioners. Articles should clearly state…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articlesReview articlesLength not stated
- short communicationinformation to occupational hygienists. Short communications will generally be less than 1500 words and have up to two tables or figures. Such reports will bemain text ≤ 1,500 words
- short communicationsShort communicationsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship
Authorship is limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the design and execution of the work described. Any contributors whose participation does not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged but not listed as an author. The Journal will contact all listed authors at the point of submission to confirm their role. For a detailed definition of authorship, please see …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest
Authors The Journal follows the COPE guidance for any undisclosed conflict of interest that emerges during peer review, production, or after publication. The corresponding author must complete a form concerning authorship and potential conflict of interest on behalf of all co-authors.. The form must be submitted even if there are no conflicts of interest to disclose, in which case the Conflict of …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Availability of data and materials
Data availability statement required Model summary
Where ethically feasible, the Journal strongly encourages authors to make all data and software code on which the conclusions of the paper rely available to readers. Authors are required to include a data availability statement in their paper. When data and software underlying the research article are available in an online source, authors should include a full citation in their reference list. Fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Screening for misconduct
Manuscripts may be screened using iThenticate to help detect publication misconduct including plagiarism and redundant publication. Manuscripts may also be screened, including with services provided by third parties, to help detect integrity issues such as inappropriate image alteration and papermill activity.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access charges
Please see the details of open access licences and charges. If you select an open access licence, you must pay the open access charge or request to use an institutional agreement to pay the open access charge through our licencing and payment portal, SciPris. Please note that prices are subject to change. All stated charges are exclusive of any applicable value added tax, goods and services tax an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review process
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The Journal operates single-anonymized peer review, meaning that the identity of the authors is known to the editors and to the reviewers, but that the reviewers’ identities are known only to the editors and are hidden from the authors. During peer review, reviewers communicate directly with the editors but not the authors or other reviewers. All submitted papers are screened by the Chief Editor f…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
As an author, you retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels and this does not prevent submission to the Journal. If accepted, you are required to update the status of any preprint, including adding your published paper’s DOI. For full details on allowed channels and updating your preprint, please see our Author self-archiving policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving
Self-archiving refers to posting a copy of your work on a publicly accessible website or repository. Under certain circumstances, you may self-archive versions of your work on your own webpages, on institutional webpages, and in other repositories. For information about the Journal's policy, and to learn which version(s) of your paper are acceptable for self-archiving, please see our Author self-a…
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2398-7308
- Electronic ISSN
- 2398-7316
- Society / sponsor
- British Occupational Hygiene Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 70, Issue 7 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Work Exposures and Health
What CAS zone is Annals of Work Exposures and Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of Work Exposures and Health 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 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annals of Work Exposures and Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.99; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at Annals of Work Exposures and Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 143 days (interquartile range 98–210 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Annals of Work Exposures and Health?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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 Work Exposures and Health based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (10), United Kingdom (7) and Australia (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Annals of Work Exposures and Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Work Exposures and Health is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Annals of Work Exposures and Health open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Work Exposures and Health is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,686.
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: .