Journal profile · Medicine-Epidemiology
Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology
ISSN 2732-494X · Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom
Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); fully open access; APC about USD 2,640; median 70 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); 687 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology is published by Cambridge University Press and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Nosocomial Infections in ICU and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, together about 34.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology ISSN: 2732-494X (Online) Frequency: 1 issue per year Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE) is a fully Gold Open Access journal that invites submissions of original investigations that will contribute to the fields of antimicrobial stewardship and the prevention of healthcare-associated infections, as well as other areas of quality improvement affecting health systems, with the ultimate goal of improving healthcare safety. Covered topics include the following broad areas of interest: infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, healthcare epidemiology, diagnostic stewardship, healthcare worker vaccination, public health policy, and occupational health concerns including blood-borne pathogen exposure prevention. ASHE will welcome submissions ranging from original research, review articles, practical perspectives and education-focused manuscripts. Articles can represent generalizable single-center experiences or multicenter trials with the goal of serving a global audience.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Epidemiology
Editor-in-chief Gonzalo M. BearmanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 18, Japan 2, Hong Kong, China 1, South Korea 1, India 1 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Antibiotic Use and ResistanceImmunology and Microbiology19.8%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine7.8%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.2%
- Infection Control in HealthcareMedicine7%
- Urinary Tract Infections ManagementMedicine6%
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyMedicine4.1%
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 121OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.86%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 308LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,917 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 599 | 599 | 49 |
| 2025 | 687 | 687 | 477 |
| 2024 | 471 | 471 | 683 |
| 2023 | 566 | 566 | 1,706 |
| 2022 | 366 | 366 | 1,409 |
| 2021 | 228 | 228 | 758 |
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
70 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 52 days – 100 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 34 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 107 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (648 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 | GBP 2,112 / USD 2,640 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,719 / GBP 2,239 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,640 / GBP 2,112 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
Article types accepted1
- original articleOriginal Articles* should include a title page, a structured abstract of no more than 250 words (see below), a text of no more than 3,000 words, no more than 7 …Length not stated
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
- Cambridge University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2732-494X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology
What CAS zone is Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology in?
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 Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare 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 70 days (interquartile range 52–100 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words. 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 Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (18), Japan (2) and Hong Kong, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology open access, and what is the APC?
Antimicrobial Stewardship Healthcare Epidemiology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,640.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .