Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)
Environmental Research Health
ISSN 2752-5309 · IOP Publishing · United Kingdom
Environmental Research Health: fully open access; APC about USD 2,640; median 155 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); 67 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Research Health is published by IOP Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Environmental Justice and Health Disparities, together about 51.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Environmental Research: Health™ (ERH) is a multidisciplinary, open access journal devoted to addressing important global challenges at the interface of the environment and public health in a way that bridges scientific progress and assessment with efforts relating to impact/future risks, resilience, mitigation, adaptation, security and solutions in the broadest sense. All research methodologies are encouraged comprehensively covering qualitative, quantitative, experimental, theoretical and applied approaches; exposure assessments; implementation studies; and policy analysis. Particular topics of interest include (but are not limited to): Physical, chemical and environmental factors directly associated with public health; Environmental epidemiology; Environmental chemistry, microbiology and toxicology; Environmental and occupational health; Health and the natural environment (e.g., greenspace, vegetation, urban parks); Health and the built environment; Climate change and health; Mental health and well-being impacts of environmental change; Infectious disease prevention and control; Computation and modelling of infectious diseases; Food safety and control; Water quality and disease; Air quality and disease; Hazardous materials and toxic substances management; Public health infrastructure; Public health impact assessment, systems management, mitigation and adaptation; Tools and methods to assess the health impacts of environmental conditions, such as air, water and soil quality and pollution; Emerging areas that examine the relationship between the environment and public health.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 15, South Korea 4, Australia 3, Mainland China 2, United Kingdom 2 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science21%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science20.5%
- Environmental Justice and Health DisparitiesSocial Sciences10.1%
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial ExposureEnvironmental Science6.8%
- Thermoregulation and physiological responsesMedicine5.9%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences3.5%
- Energy and Environment ImpactsEnvironmental Science3.2%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions3.2%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 196/466 | 58th |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q2 | 327/725 | 54th |
| Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | Q3 | 101/151 | 33rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 71LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 263 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 94 | 94 | 299 |
| 2025 | 67 | 67 | 315 |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | 196 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 44 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 18 |
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 Crossref · to
155 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 115 days – 205 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 178 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (170 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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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 | GBP 1,960 / EUR 2,245 / USD 2,640 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,515 / EUR 2,140 / GBP 1,865 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,395 / EUR 2,040 / GBP 1,775 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,960 / EUR 2,245 / USD 2,640 | — | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
The following information is available to help you with our copyright and permissions policies. Copyright Reusing IOP Published content Reusing third party material in new IOP content Creative Commons Licences CCC Republication service STM Permissions guidelines Permissions FAQs
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Environmental Research: Health is a fully open access journal. Articles are published under a CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence. Articles are freely available to everyone to read and reuse immediately upon publication, provided attribution to the author is given. Publication is funded by article publication charges (APCs). For more information on IOP Publishing’s open access policies pl…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
The following summary describes the peer review process for Environmental Research: Health, using the ANSI/NISO Standard Terminology for Peer Review: Identity transparency: single-anonymous, double-anonymous (author choice) Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: review reports (author and reviewer opt in), author/editor communication, reviewer identities (reviewer opt in) Ou…
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
- IOP Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2752-5309
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Research Health
How long does peer review take at Environmental Research Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 155 days (interquartile range 115–205 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Environmental Research Health based?
Of the 39 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (15), South Korea (4) and Australia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental Research Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Research Health is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmental Research Health open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Research Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,640.
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: .