Journal profile · Experimental toxicology; Epidemiology;-Exposure science; Risk assessment
Environmental Health Perspectives
ISSN 0091-6765 · eISSN 1552-9924 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1972
Environmental Health Perspectives: CAS Zone 1 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 10.79; fully open access; APC about USD 3,500; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 163 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Health Perspectives is published by American Chemical Society and is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Air Quality and Health Impacts, Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, together about 36.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About | Environmental Health Perspectives | ACS Publications The primary aim of Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is to publish high-quality research, reviews and commentaries that substantially advance our understanding of environmental health science. The environmental health sciences include a broad array of disciplines, from bench science to observational research. Our original research articles and commentaries typically come from...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Experimental toxicology; Epidemiology;-Exposure science; Risk assessment
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science13.5%
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.6%
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsEnvironmental Science10.4%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science8.8%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Pesticide Exposure and ToxicityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Health, Environment, Cognitive AgingEnvironmental Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 10.79LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 17.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.75LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 249LetPub ·
- h-index
- 410OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12,685OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.27%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 92LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 25,715 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 7 |
| 2025 | 163 | 163 | 930 |
| 2024 | 261 | 261 | 2,911 |
| 2023 | 306 | 306 | 6,758 |
| 2022 | 247 | 247 | 7,398 |
| 2021 | 217 | 217 | 9,135 |
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 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 4,500 | — | — |
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
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1972
- ISSN
- 0091-6765
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-9924
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Environmental Health Perspectives
What CAS zone is Environmental Health Perspectives in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Health Perspectives is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Toxicology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environmental Health Perspectives?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 10.79; CiteScore 17.7, h-index 410.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Health Perspectives?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 Perspectives?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Health Perspectives is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Environmental Health Perspectives open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Health Perspectives is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,500.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .