Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health
ISSN 1933-8244 · eISSN 2154-4700 · Heldref Publications · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 2005
Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.32; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 271 days to acceptance (63 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 32 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health is published by Heldref Publications 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, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Occupational Health and Safety Research, together about 28.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 1919 as the Journal of Industrial Hygiene—and later known as the Archives of Environmental Health—AEOH has been at the forefront of research connecting environmental and occupational conditions to human health for more than a century. AEOH addresses timely and impactful topics such as the health effects of occupational exposures, the environmental determinants of disease, and the psychosocial factors shaping modern workplaces. Throughout its long history, the journal has remained a trusted and objective source of evidence on how environmental and occupational factors influence human health—informing both research and real-world decision-making. The journal publishes high-quality international research across disciplines central to environmental and occupational health, including epidemiology, toxicology (with an emphasis on human studies), and occupational exposures. Each article reflects rigorous scientific standards and is accompanied by discussion that places findings in the broader context of public health, policy, and sustainability. To encourage diverse forms of scholarly communication, AEOH welcomes submissions in the following formats: Full-Length Manuscripts: Up to 4,000 words (excluding references). Brief Communications: Concise articles of 1,500 words or fewer, with a maximum of two illustrations. These may include timely analyses or commentaries on emerging issues. Case Studies: In-depth presentations of clinically novel evaluations of significant environmental or occupational topic (2000 words excluding references) Consensus papers, guidelines from scientific societies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses may be accepted following prior correspondence with the Editor (4,000 words excluding references). Publication Office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Jacqueline M. MolinePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science14.3%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science7.1%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions6.8%
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions6.1%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science5.9%
- Occupational exposure and asthmaMedicine5.7%
- Occupational and environmental lung diseasesMedicine5.5%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine4.7%
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 | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
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 | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, AGRICOLA, Biological Abstracts: BIOMED, BIOSIS, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Ecological Abstracts, Environment Abstracts, Environmental Index, Excerpta Medica, Health and Psychological Instrument, Industrial Hygiene Digest, International Bibliography of Book Reviews, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, NIOSHTIC, Pollution Abstracts, Research Alert, Scisearch, Smoking and Health Database
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
- 1.32LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.46Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 471OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 5.1%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 63,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,035 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 32 | 4 | 33 |
| 2024 | 29 | 5 | 70 |
| 2023 | 40 | 12 | 163 |
| 2022 | 33 | 8 | 285 |
| 2021 | 77 | 10 | 591 |
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 Crossref · to
271 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 191 days – 403 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (63 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 280 days
- Sample
- 63 articles with submission and acceptance dates (63 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)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 75 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 204 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- brief communicationto 4,000 words (excluding references). Brief Communications: Concise articles of 1,500 words or fewer, with a maximum of two illustrations. These may inmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- brief communicationsBrief Communications: Concise articles of 1,500 words or fewer, with a maximum of two illustrations. These may include timely analyses or commentaries on emergi…Length not stated
- case studiesCase Studies: In-depth presentations of clinically novel evaluations of significant environmental or occupational topic (2000 words excluding references)Length not stated
- full-length manuscriptsFull-Length Manuscripts: Up to 4,000 words (excluding references).Length not stated
- systematic review, guidelines from scientific societies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses may be accepted following prior correspondence with the Editor (4,000 words excludi…main text ≤ 4,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase…
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
- Heldref Publications
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2005
- ISSN
- 1933-8244
- Electronic ISSN
- 2154-4700
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 81, Issue 7-8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health
What CAS zone is Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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.
What is the impact factor of Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.32; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 63 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 271 days (interquartile range 191–403 days); authors report an average review time of over 36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9%. 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 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health open access, and what is the APC?
Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .