Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Annual Review of Public Health
ISSN 0163-7525 · eISSN 1545-2093 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 1980
Annual Review of Public Health: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 16.98; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 32 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Public Health is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Health Policies and Education, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, together about 30.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Public Health covers significant developments in the field of public health, including key developments and issues in epidemiology and biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, social environment and behavior, health services, and public health practice and policy.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions10.8%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting10.4%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions9%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences7.9%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions5.1%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 16.98LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 17.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 38.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 8.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 8.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 130LetPub ·
- h-index
- 243OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,100OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 14.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,518 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 32 | 30 | 254 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 722 |
| 2023 | 29 | 28 | 1,374 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 2,887 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | 5,084 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1980
- ISSN
- 0163-7525
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-2093
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Public Health
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Public Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Public Health is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Public Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 16.98; CiteScore 38.3, h-index 243.
How long does peer review take at Annual Review of Public Health?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Mostly invited papers”. 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 Annual Review of Public Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Public Health is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Public Health open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Public Health is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .