Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Cadernos de Saude Publica
ISSN 0102-311X · eISSN 1678-4464 · Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz · BRAZIL · Monthly · Founded 1985
Cadernos de Saude Publica: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.69; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 184 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 262 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cadernos de Saude Publica is published by Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz 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, Nursing, Elderly Care, Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare and Public Health in Brazil, together about 30.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
CSP is intended for the publication of scientific articles that contribute to the production of scientific knowledge in the field of Public Health and related areas. The journal is also dedicated to fostering critical reflection and discussion on current and emerging issues related to public policies and factors that have repercussions for the living conditions and health care of populations.
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, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions14.4%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions9.1%
- Public Health in BrazilSocial Sciences7.4%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine6.5%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine6.4%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing5.8%
- Youth, Drugs, and ViolenceSocial Sciences5.1%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
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
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCCAB AbstractsSciELOPublisher website
Other: Latindex
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
- 1.69LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 150OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,227OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.66OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.43%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 174LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,504 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 186 | 186 | 32 |
| 2025 | 262 | 262 | 305 |
| 2024 | 279 | 279 | 867 |
| 2023 | 297 | 297 | 1,778 |
| 2022 | 316 | 316 | 2,950 |
| 2021 | 352 | 352 | 5,510 |
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
184 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 136 days – 231 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 126 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 316 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (409 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)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Open 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Adoption of software and use of artificial intelligence (AI) resources
The use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the process of writing scientific articles with the aim of improving the readability and language of the work is acceptable, indicating the application used. The application of the technology must be done with human supervision and control and the authors must carefully review and edit the results, as they are responsible for the content of …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Policy on Conflict of Interest
Authors must disclose any potential conflict of interest, including political and/or financial interests associated with the execution of the study, patents or ownership, the provision of materials and/or inputs and equipment used in the study by the manufacturers. Authors who have ties to public or private organizations that contributed to the funding of the study or access to restricted-use data…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and misconduct policy, errata, and retraction
CSP is affiliated with the COPE and adopts the precepts of integrity in research recommended by this organization. We also follow the precepts determined by the ICMJE with regards to integrity in research and authorship criteria. The CSP editorial board reserves the right to request additional information on the ethical procedures performed in the study. All content in the manuscript is the respon…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors of manuscripts published in CSP retain the copyright of their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons (CC-BY) Attribution 4.0 International license, which allows texts to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided that the original work is cited properly. The authors grant the journal the right of first publication under the CC-BY 4.0 license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
CSP follows the Diamond Open Access model, enabling unrestricted virtual access (without financial barriers) to all scientific texts published by the journal. CSP uses the Creative Commons (CC-BY) Attribution 4.0 International license, enabling immediate free access and authorizing any end user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, track them fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Assessment and peer-review process
All manuscripts submitted to CSP are carefully assessed by the editorial board, which is composed of the Co-editors-in-chief and Associate Editors, respecting the diversity of approaches, objects, and methods from different disciplinary perspectives that characterize the field. The article assessment system practiced by CSP comprises two steps. In the first, articles are assessed according to thei…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Texts previously published on a preprint server will be accepted. The author must inform the server on which the text is deposited and the DOI assigned to the article in the “Preprint Information” field at the time of submission of the manuscript. We do NOT recommend publishing an approved article on a preprint server.
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
- Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese, English, Spanish
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0102-311X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1678-4464
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cadernos de Saude Publica
What CAS zone is Cadernos de Saude Publica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cadernos de Saude Publica 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 Cadernos de Saude Publica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.69; CiteScore 3, h-index 150.
How long does peer review take at Cadernos de Saude Publica?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 184 days (interquartile range 136–231 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 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 Cadernos de Saude Publica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cadernos de Saude Publica is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC, CAB Abstracts and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cadernos de Saude Publica open access, and what is the APC?
Cadernos de Saude Publica is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .