Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Discover Public Health
ISSN 3005-0774 · Springer Nature
Discover Public Health: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,490; median 150 days to acceptance (196 articles, last 24 months); 909 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Discover Public Health is published by Springer Nature and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, together about 27.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Discover Public Health is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that supports multidisciplinary research and policy developments across all fields relevant to public health and societal impacts related to this. The journal aims to be a resource for researchers, policy makers and the general public for recent advances in public health, and its uses in research development and society. As a fully open access journal, we ensure that our research is highly discoverable and instantly available globally to everyone. The journal particularly welcomes work that aims to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially No Poverty; Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-Being; Gender Equality. Topics Topics welcomed at Discover Public Health include but are not limited to the following: Epidemiology and biostatistics: Disease surveillance, outbreak analysis, health metrics, risk assessment, disease modeling, statistical inference, data analysis, public health surveillance, predictive modeling, health trends Environmental and occupational health: Environmental exposures, workplace safety, hazard assessment, pollution studies, toxicology, ergonomics, environmental health assessments, risk management, sustainable health. Global health: Cross-border health issues, international cooperation, health equity, disease eradication, global health initiatives, international health regulations, health diplomacy, world health trends. Health promotion and disease prevention: Wellness, proactive interventions, preventive measures, lifestyle, vaccination, screening, health campaigns, risk reduction, community engagement, health literacy. Health policy and management: Health governance, policy analysis, health systems, healthcare administration, resource allocation, public health law, regulatory affairs, strategic planning, health services. Social and behavioral sciences: Health psychology, behavior change, social determinants, community dynamics, health beliefs, cultural health, health interventions, societal impact, behavior modeling. Health education and communication: Health literacy, awareness campaigns, health communication strategies, patient education, community outreach, health information dissemination, behavior change communication, media and health. Maternal and child health: Prenatal care, child nutrition, reproductive rights, maternal mortality, child health initiatives, birth outcomes, lactation support, family health, developmental health Health tec
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine14.1%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing7.9%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences5.9%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine4.5%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics4.4%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine4.3%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCASCAB AbstractsPublisher 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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2023
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 882LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,300,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,718 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,553 | 1,553 | 419 |
| 2025 | 909 | 909 | 1,804 |
| 2024 | 256 | 256 | 888 |
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
150 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 116 days – 197 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (196 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 169 days
- Sample
- 196 articles with submission and acceptance dates (2,560 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
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 28 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,090 / USD 2,490 / GBP 1,790 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
- Dietary Habits, Nutritional Status, and Body Image: Public Health Challenges, Determinants, and InterventionsDeadline
- Functional Health and Musculoskeletal Resilience in Aging: Public Health Challenges and SolutionsDeadline
- Climate Change and Population Health: Prediction, Preparedness, and ResilienceDeadline
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted14
- brief reportWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- case reportWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- case studyWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- clinical trialDiscover journals adopt WHO’s definition of Clinical Trials as “any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or m…Length not stated
- commentComment articles can focus on policy, science and society, or purely scientific issues.Length not stated
- data noteData Notes concisely describe sound research data with the aim of increasing visibility and transparency, supporting the reuse of research data and helping auth…Length not stated
- full research articleWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- matters arisingMatters Arising articles are interesting and timely scientific or academic comments and clarifications on original research papers published in the journal.Length not stated
- methodologyMethodologies should present a new experimental or computational method, test or procedure.Length not stated
- perspectiveA Perspective is a scholarly review and discussion of the primary research literature that does not meet the criteria for a review articleLength not stated
- registered reportRegistered Reports are a publication format in which the research question and the quality of methodology aLength not stated
- researchResearch articles present new scientific results within the scope of the journal that have not been published previously and are not being considered for public…Length not stated
- research articleWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- reviewWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Ethics statement if required Model summary
Ethics statement - if requiredYou will need to include an ethics declaration if your work reports research involving human or animal subjects, their data and/or biological materials.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Step 4 - Understand your copyright
If your submission is accepted for publication, you will need to sign a licence agreement with Springer Nature to allow us to publish your article. According to this agreement:authors of articles published in this journal retain the copyright of their articles.authors grant Springer Nature a licence to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.authors retain full re-use rig…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Discover Public Health, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top Did you find what you were looking for? Share feedback.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Step 3 - Understand the peer review policy
Single-anonymous peer review Model summary
This journal follows a single-anonymous peer review procedure, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous. Peer review process All manuscripts undergo technical checks upon submission. Manuscripts that pass technical checks undergo suitability checks by our in-house editorial team. Eligible manuscripts are …
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 Nature
- ISSN
- 3005-0774
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Discover Public Health
What CAS zone is Discover Public Health in?
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 Discover Public Health?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 14.
How long does peer review take at Discover Public Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 196 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 150 days (interquartile range 116–197 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 Discover Public Health?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Which databases index Discover Public Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Discover Public Health is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Discover Public Health open access, and what is the APC?
Discover Public Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,490.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .