Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ethnicity & Disease
ISSN 1049-510X · eISSN 1945-0826 · ISHIB · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1991
Ethnicity & Disease: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.88; hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 12 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ethnicity & Disease is published by ISHIB 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 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, Health Policy Implementation Science and Health disparities and outcomes, together about 23% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ethnicity & Disease is an international journal that exclusively publishes information on the causal and associative relationships in the etiology of common illnesses through the study of ethnic patterns of disease. Topics focus on: ethnic differentials in disease rates;impact of migration on health status; social and ethnic factors related to health care access and health; and metabolic epidemiology. A major priority of the journal is to provide a forum for exchange between the United States and the developing countries of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences7.9%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions7.6%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences7.5%
- Migration, Health and TraumaPsychology6%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions5.6%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine4.7%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine4.5%
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk FactorsMedicine4.4%
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
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
- 0.88LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 325OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 688 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 16 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 49 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | 164 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 295 |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | 1,486 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- ISHIB
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 1049-510X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1945-0826
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ethnicity & Disease
What CAS zone is Ethnicity & Disease in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Ethnicity & Disease 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 Ethnicity & Disease?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.88; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at Ethnicity & Disease?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Ethnicity & Disease?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ethnicity & Disease is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Ethnicity & Disease open access, and what is the APC?
Ethnicity & Disease is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .