Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Environmental Health Insights
ISSN 1178-6302 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
Environmental Health Insights: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.4 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,650; median 158 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 28.6% (journal website); 59 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Health Insights is published by SAGE Publishing and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child Nutrition and Water Access, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Climate Change and Health Impacts, together about 32.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal Highlights Indexed using PubMed Central (PMC), ESCI, Scopus, and the DOAJ Published since 2008 Publication is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC) Environmental Health Insights is an open access, peer reviewed international journal focusing on how environmental factors affect the health of individuals and societies. Please see the Aims and Scope tab for further information. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Submission Information Submit your manuscript at https://sage.atyponrex.com/journal/ehi. Please see the Submission Guidelines tab for more information on how to submit your article to the journal. Open access article processing charge (APC) information Publication in the journal is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC). The APC serves to support the journal and ensures that articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license. The APC for this journal is currently $3200.The article processing charge (APC) is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here. Contact Please direct any queries to the journal’s editorial office: ehi@sagepub.com
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Trenton HondaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 8%); most named United States 18, Mainland China 3, United Kingdom 3, Canada 2, Taiwan, China 1 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing15.8%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science10.1%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science6.7%
- Fecal contamination and water qualityEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Food Safety and HygieneAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine4.1%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science3.9%
- Pesticide Exposure and ToxicityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
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)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
PMCPublisher website
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)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 333OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 55LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 747 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 77 | 21 |
| 2025 | 59 | 59 | 264 |
| 2024 | 133 | 133 | 1,114 |
| 2023 | 71 | 71 | 1,087 |
| 2022 | 112 | 112 | 1,781 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 925 |
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
158 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 103 days – 232 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 32 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 199 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (173 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)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 28.6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 2,650 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,650 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,650 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,200 | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
Article types accepted15, with length limits
- brief communicationEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- commentariesCommentaries are by invitation only.Length not stated
- commentaryEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- correspondenceEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- editorialEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- letterEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- letter to the editorEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- letters to the editorEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- opinionEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- original articleEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- original paperEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- research articleical approvals. Suggested length for an Research Article is 4,000-4,500 words, however this is flexible as the journal is online-only. Plmain text ≤ 4,500 words
- research paperEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
- review1,000 words excluding references. Mini-Review A short review is similar to a review but briefer at around 1,000 words excluding references Clinical trial regist…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- viewpointEnvironmental Health Insights welcomes submissions of the following types: Commentaries Commentaries are by invitation only. These are short summaries of signif…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Environmental Health Insights is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, paid by…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single Anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1178-6302
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Health Insights
What CAS zone is Environmental Health Insights in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Health Insights is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 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 Insights?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 47.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Health Insights?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 158 days (interquartile range 103–232 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28.6%. 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 Environmental Health Insights?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,000 words; Reference style: AMA. 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 Environmental Health Insights based?
Of the 39 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 8%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (18), Mainland China (3) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental Health Insights?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Health Insights is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmental Health Insights open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Health Insights is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,650.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .