Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
China CDC Weekly
ISSN 2096-7071 · Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
China CDC Weekly: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.41; fully open access; median 74 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); 234 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
China CDC Weekly is published by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 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 COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Zoonotic diseases and public health and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, together about 25% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
China CDC Weekly, first published in 2019 by China CDC, is an authoritative, trusted resource for public and global health research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics8.8%
- Zoonotic diseases and public healthMedicine8.6%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine7.6%
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchMedicine6.9%
- Respiratory viral infections researchMedicine4.9%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine4.6%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences4.2%
- Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceMedicine4%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
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
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 3.41LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 322OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 86.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 201LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,557 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 198 | 198 | 63 |
| 2025 | 234 | 234 | 620 |
| 2024 | 224 | 224 | 1,082 |
| 2023 | 204 | 204 | 1,743 |
| 2022 | 149 | 149 | 1,783 |
| 2021 | 254 | 254 | 5,415 |
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
74 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 55 days – 105 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 32 days (1 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 110 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (519 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".
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).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- ISSN
- 2096-7071
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about China CDC Weekly
What CAS zone is China CDC Weekly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, China CDC Weekly 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 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of China CDC Weekly?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.41; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at China CDC Weekly?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 74 days (interquartile range 55–105 days). 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 China CDC Weekly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, China CDC Weekly is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is China CDC Weekly open access, and what is the APC?
China CDC Weekly is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .