Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz
ISSN 1436-9990 · eISSN 1437-1588 · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · GERMANY · Monthly · Founded 1997
Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.36; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,890; median 127 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 176 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg 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 Health and Medical Studies, Medical and Health Sciences Research and Medical Practices and Rehabilitation, together about 46.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Die Monatszeitschrift Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz - umfasst alle Fragestellungen und Bereiche, mit denen sich das öffentliche Gesundheitswesen und die staatliche Gesundheitspolitik auseinandersetzen.Ziel ist es, zum einen über wesentliche Entwicklungen in der biologisch-medizinischen Grundlagenforschung auf dem Laufenden zu halten und zum anderen über konkrete Maßnahmen zum Gesundheitsschutz, über Konzepte der Prävention, Risikoabwehr und Gesundheitsförderung zu informieren. Wichtige Themengebiete sind die Epidemiologie übertragbarer und nicht übertragbarer Krankheiten, der umweltbezogene Gesundheitsschutz sowie gesundheitsökonomische, medizinethische und -rechtliche Fragestellungen.Das Leitthema führt mit Original- und Übersichtsarbeiten in das Schwerpunktthema des Monats ein und gibt dem Leser hierzu einen Überblick im Sinne eines "state of the art".Originalien und Übersichtsarbeiten ermöglichen die Präsentation wissenschaftlich relevanter Studien unabhängig vom Leitthema.Die Zeitschrift lebt durch ihr modulares Prinzip. Weitere Rubriken reflektieren das breite Spektrum der Zeitschrift mit ihren vielfältigen Berührungspunkten: so informieren Tagungsberichte und Forschung aktuell die Leser mit Kurzreviews der internationalen Fachliteratur sowie mit Kongreßberichten über aktuelle Entwicklungen. In der Diskussion stellt ein Forum dar zur Behandlung aktueller und kontroverser Themen, in dem Leser und Autoren aktiv in den Dialog mit ihrer Zeitschrift treten.Nicht zuletzt enthält die Sektion Bundesgesundheitsblatt wichtige amtliche Mitteilungen und Bekanntmachungen aus den Herausgeberinstituten.Zur Publikation eingereichte Manuskripte müssen bei Untersuchungen an Probanden oder Patienten die Erklärung enthalten, daß das Versuchsprotokoll von einer Ethikkommission begutachtet wurde und somit den ethischen Standards der Deklaration von Helsinki 1964 in der jeweils gültigen Fassung (Pharm Ind Nr. 12/1990 sowie Bundesanzeiger Nr. 243a vom 29.12.1989) entspricht. Gleichzeitig ist die Einwilligung der Versuchsperson nach Aufklärung im Text des Manuskriptes zu fixieren. Hinweise, die auf die Identität der Versuchsperson schließen lassen, sind zu vermeiden.Tierversuchsprogramme müssen den Passus enthalten, daß die "Principles of laboratory animal care" (NIH publication No. 86-23, revised 1985) eingehalten wurden, soweit nicht zusätzlich besondere nationale Regelungen zu beachten sind (für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist dies da
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Medical StudiesHealth Professions30%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine12%
- Medical Practices and RehabilitationHealth Professions4.9%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions4.4%
- Clinical practice guidelines implementationMedicine3.7%
- Social and Demographic Issues in GermanyHealth Professions3.5%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.2%
- Pharmaceutical studies and practicesMedicine3%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | 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 | 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
MEDLINECAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, 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
- 1.36LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,495OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 86.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 145LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,100,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,262 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 133 | 111 | 15 |
| 2025 | 176 | 145 | 241 |
| 2024 | 184 | 164 | 643 |
| 2023 | 177 | 168 | 1,115 |
| 2022 | 164 | 145 | 1,147 |
| 2021 | 206 | 183 | 2,491 |
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
127 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 113 days – 141 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 150 days
- Sample
- 87 articles with submission and acceptance dates (350 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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,890 / EUR 2,380 / GBP 1,990 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
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
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1436-9990
- Electronic ISSN
- 1437-1588
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 69, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz
What CAS zone is Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz 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 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.36; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 103.
How long does peer review take at Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 127 days (interquartile range 113–141 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz open access, and what is the APC?
Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,890.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .