Journal profile · Multiple
Current Environmental Health Reports
ISSN 2196-5412 · SPRINGERNATURE · UNITED STATES · 4 issues per year
Current Environmental Health Reports: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.94; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,990; median 173 days to acceptance (63 articles, last 24 months); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Environmental Health Reports is published by SPRINGERNATURE 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 Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, together about 35% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This journal provides up-to-date expert reviews in environmental health. The goal is to evaluate and synthesize original research in all disciplines relevant for environmental health sciences, including basic research, clinical research, epidemiology, and environmental policy. The reviews are intended to serve professionals involved in environmental health education, practice, regulation, and research. The journal covers a wide series of topics including air pollution, metals and synthetic chemicals, early life exposures, global health challenges, environmental epigenetics, mechanisms of toxicity, and susceptibility factors. International leaders in the field serve as Section Editors and select the latest research covering major ongoing and emerging environmental health challenges. By reviewing the most important original research, this journal summarizes the latest environmental health advances and provides guidance for policy, interventions, and research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Molly KilePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 34, Spain 4, Mainland China 2, United Kingdom 2, South Korea 2 (55 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science16.9%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science10.6%
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsEnvironmental Science7.6%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Health, Environment, Cognitive AgingEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Environmental Justice and Health DisparitiesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Epigenetics and DNA MethylationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
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: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINECASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 7.94LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 11.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 16.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.66LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 414OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 47.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 577,800Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 549 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 38 | 36 |
| 2025 | 50 | 40 | 440 |
| 2024 | 43 | 29 | 718 |
| 2023 | 32 | 19 | 1,087 |
| 2022 | 54 | 36 | 2,836 |
| 2021 | 30 | 20 | 1,825 |
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
173 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 95 days – 243 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 192 days
- Sample
- 63 articles with submission and acceptance dates (101 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
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,990 / EUR 3,090 / GBP 2,690 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted2
- commentaryReview Articles and Invited Commentaries Back to topLength not stated
- review articleReview Articles and Invited Commentaries Back to topLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Current Environmental Health Reports, 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
- SPRINGERNATURE
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 2196-5412
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Environmental Health Reports
What CAS zone is Current Environmental Health Reports in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Current Environmental Health Reports 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 Current Environmental Health Reports?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.94; CiteScore 16.5, h-index 103.
How long does peer review take at Current Environmental Health Reports?
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 173 days (interquartile range 95–243 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Current Environmental Health Reports?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; 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 Current Environmental Health Reports based?
Of the 55 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (34), Spain (4) and Mainland China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Current Environmental Health Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Environmental Health Reports is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Current Environmental Health Reports open access, and what is the APC?
Current Environmental Health Reports is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,990.
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: .