Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Economics & Human Biology
ISSN 1570-677X · eISSN 1873-6130 · Elsevier · NETHERLANDS · Tri-annual · Founded 2003
Economics & Human Biology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.02; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,290; median 187 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 86 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economics & Human Biology is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health disparities and outcomes, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Global Health Care Issues, together about 29.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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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 disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences10.8%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine10%
- Global Health Care IssuesHealth Professions8.9%
- Birth, Development, and HealthMedicine8.2%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing6.9%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions6.7%
- Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSocial Sciences4.9%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | 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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
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
- 2.02LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 89OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 854OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 45.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 76LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,549 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 39 | 14 |
| 2025 | 86 | 49 | 96 |
| 2024 | 86 | 55 | 391 |
| 2023 | 98 | 62 | 630 |
| 2022 | 91 | 57 | 875 |
| 2021 | 105 | 52 | 1,582 |
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
187 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 145 days – 241 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 3 days (102 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 198 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (177 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly 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
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 3,290 / EUR 3,080 / GBP 2,630 / JPY 408,060 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- Founded
- 2003
- ISSN
- 1570-677X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-6130
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economics & Human Biology
What CAS zone is Economics & Human Biology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Economics & Human Biology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Economics / 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 Economics & Human Biology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.02; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 89.
How long does peer review take at Economics & Human Biology?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 187 days (interquartile range 145–241 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 Economics & Human Biology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economics & Human Biology is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Economics & Human Biology open access, and what is the APC?
Economics & Human Biology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,290.
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: .