Journal profile · Environmental Science & Ecology
Environment & Health
ISSN 2833-8278 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Founded 2023
Environment & Health: CAS Zone 2 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 8.8 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,500; median 104 days to acceptance (124 articles, last 24 months); 211 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environment & Health is published by American Chemical Society and is classed under Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Air Quality and Health Impacts, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, together about 33.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This partner journal is published in collaboration with the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Environment & Health, a peer-reviewed, open access journal, is committed to exploring the relationship between the environment and human health. As a premier journal for multidisciplinary research, Environment & Health reports the health consequences for individuals and communities of changing and hazardous environmental factors. In supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the journal aims to help formulate policies to create a healthier world. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Air, water, and soil pollution Exposomics Environmental epidemiology Innovative analytical methodology and instrumentation Environmental toxicology Environmental microbiology, pathogen, and environmental transmission mechanisms of diseases Environmental modeling, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence Emerging contaminants Climate change and related health effects Health impacts of energy evolution and carbon neutralization Food and drinking water safety Occupational exposure and medicine Innovations in environmental technologies for better health Policies and international relations concerned with environmental health
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Guibin JiangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science13.9%
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsEnvironmental Science10.6%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science9%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science7%
- Microplastics and Plastic PollutionEnvironmental Science6.9%
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances researchEnvironmental Science5%
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsMaterials Science3.8%
- Health, Environment, Cognitive AgingEnvironmental Science3.8%
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)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | 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
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)
- 8.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 8.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 169LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 441,336Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 608 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 196 | 196 | 115 |
| 2025 | 211 | 211 | 781 |
| 2024 | 135 | 135 | 1,491 |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | 1,883 |
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
104 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 129 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (124 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 123 days
- Sample
- 124 articles with submission and acceptance dates (354 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
- First decision after review
- 34.4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 94.5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 | USD 3,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,500 | — | — |
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
- American Chemical Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2023
- ISSN
- 2833-8278
- Society / sponsor
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 4, Issue 8 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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 Environment & Health
What CAS zone is Environment & Health in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environment & Health?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 8.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 7.1, h-index 26.
How long does peer review take at Environment & Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 124 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 104 days (interquartile range 83–129 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 Environment & Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environment & Health is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Environment & Health open access, and what is the APC?
Environment & Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .