Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
ISSN 1342-078X · eISSN 1347-4715 · BioMed Central · JAPAN · Founded 1996
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.84; fully open access; APC about USD 2,360; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 102 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine is published by BioMed Central 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 Air Quality and Health Impacts, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, together about 21.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The official journal of the Japanese Society for Hygiene, Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine (EHPM) brings a comprehensive approach to prevention and environmental health related to medical, biological, molecular biological, genetic, physical, psychosocial, chemical, and other environmental factors. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine features definitive studies on human health sciences and provides comprehensive and unique information to a worldwide readership.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Kouji HaradaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science8.4%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine6.3%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science6%
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial ExposureEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine5%
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences4.5%
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 | 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 | 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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.84LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 941OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 97LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,134 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66 | 66 | 14 |
| 2025 | 102 | 102 | 180 |
| 2024 | 75 | 75 | 420 |
| 2023 | 78 | 78 | 767 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 658 |
| 2021 | 117 | 117 | 3,576 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 2,360 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,145 / EUR 1,745 / GBP 1,370 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,360 | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteTrial registration / reporting guidelines
- Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Research funded or supported by tobacco industry will not be accepted for publication (after January 1st, 2019) Model summary
Following the Proclamation against tobacco by the Japanese Society for Hygiene, any research funded or supported by firms or organizations related to the tobacco industry, whether domestic or international, will not be accepted for publication in the society's journal (after January 1st, 2019).
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 1996
- ISSN
- 1342-078X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1347-4715
- Society / sponsor
- Japanese Society for Hygiene
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
What CAS zone is Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.84; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 81.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. 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 Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,360.
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: .