Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Epidemiologic Reviews
ISSN 0193-936X · eISSN 1478-6729 · Oxford University Press · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 1979
Epidemiologic Reviews: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 9; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,085; median 171 days to acceptance (31 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Epidemiologic Reviews is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health disparities and outcomes, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 23.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Epidemiologic Reviews is a leading review journal in public health. Published once a year, issues collect review articles on a particular subject. Recent issues have focused on The Obesity Epidemic, Epidemiologic Research on Health Disparities, and Epidemiologic Approaches to Global Health.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences8.7%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions8.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6%
- Cancer Risks and FactorsMedicine5.2%
- Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesMathematics4.4%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine4.2%
- Birth, Development, and HealthMedicine4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 9LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.87LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 179OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 666OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 847 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 9 | 12 |
| 2025 | 17 | 11 | 134 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 87 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9 | 272 |
| 2022 | 11 | 10 | 118 |
| 2021 | 13 | 12 | 654 |
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
171 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 134 days – 249 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 82 days (1 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 273 days
- Sample
- 31 articles with submission and acceptance dates (35 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 acceptance (community reports)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 5,085 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1979
- ISSN
- 0193-936X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1478-6729
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Epidemiologic Reviews
What CAS zone is Epidemiologic Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Epidemiologic Reviews is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Epidemiologic Reviews?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 9; CiteScore 7, h-index 179.
How long does peer review take at Epidemiologic Reviews?
Based on the dates recorded on 31 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 171 days (interquartile range 134–249 days); the community-reported acceptance is “Mostly invited papers”. 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 Epidemiologic Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Epidemiologic Reviews is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Epidemiologic Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
Epidemiologic Reviews is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,085.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .