Journal profile · Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Archives of Public Health
ISSN 0778-7367 · eISSN 2049-3258 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2009
Archives of Public Health: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.32; fully open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 149 days to acceptance (111 articles, last 24 months); 340 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Archives of Public Health is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, together about 27.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Archives of Public Health is a multi-speciality public health journal, dedicated to publishing sound science that has clear policy implications in the field of population health. The journal aims to better the health of populations by contributing to public health knowledge, enhancing the interaction between research, policy and practice, and stimulating population health monitoring and indicator development. The journal particularly welcomes submissions on the following speciality topics: Health information systems Burden of disease methodology and applications Health policy monitoring and evaluation, including health impact assessments The social, structural and behavioural determinants of population health and health inequalities Methodologies in population health research and knowledge translation Please note: Archives of Public Health adheres strictly to its submission guidelines, and manuscripts that do not comply won't be considered for review. A greater part of submitted papers are rejected due to being out of scope, so authors are encouraged to review the journal’s aims and scope carefully before submitting their work. The journal no longer publishes bibliometric studies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Olivier BruyePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 15 in mainland China (about 10%); most named United States 17, Belgium 17, Mainland China 15, India 15, Italy 9 (146 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine13%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing7.7%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine6.9%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences6.9%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine4.7%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine4.5%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 3.32LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 936OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.87%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 327LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,200,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,241 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 256 | 256 | 43 |
| 2025 | 340 | 340 | 1,086 |
| 2024 | 248 | 248 | 1,622 |
| 2023 | 214 | 214 | 2,640 |
| 2022 | 257 | 257 | 4,550 |
| 2021 | 232 | 232 | 5,476 |
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
149 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 98 days – 203 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (111 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 171 days
- Sample
- 111 articles with submission and acceptance dates (676 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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Open peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,990 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,290 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,390 / USD 3,090 / EUR 2,690 | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Not considered
- bibliometric studies
Article types accepted7
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Archives of Public Health articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attributi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Strict adherence to submission guidelines; non-compliant manuscripts not considered for review. Model summary
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2009
- ISSN
- 0778-7367
- Electronic ISSN
- 2049-3258
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archives of Public Health
What CAS zone is Archives of Public Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Archives of Public Health is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Archives of Public Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.32; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at Archives of Public Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 111 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 149 days (interquartile range 98–203 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Archives of Public Health?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Archives of Public Health based?
Of the 146 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 15 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (17), Belgium (17) and Mainland China (15). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Archives of Public Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archives of Public Health is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Archives of Public Health open access, and what is the APC?
Archives of Public Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,990.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .